狡兔三窟 bolt-hole

Not just for laughs: English comedy is essential comfort blanket in Berlin

Anglophone comedy is now a bona fide "scene" in Berlin, thanks mainly to a
bar called SIN. Driven by desperate attempts to fit in, and jokes about
shelf toilets, insecure Anglo-Saxons have finally found a bolt-hole.


我上周被某人將bolt-hole 翻譯成"如螺栓洞的逃避所"的誤導  沒去查字典 反而問螺絲專家Justing 為什麼會這樣

今天 研究一下英國的海邊名勝地 Brighton 因為想讀七零年代末該讀而未讀的小說 Brighton Rock
我去過Brithon一次 不過小說第一頁的路線圖卻完全沒印象 所以多查一下 沒想到該城市變化甚大 Brighton Rock 一書所談的地理背景是兩次大戰之間的Brighton 現在改建很多

資料庫收有牛津文學英國和愛爾蘭

Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland:Brighton and Hove

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/brighton-hove#ixzz1t7bYxhn2

從S JOHNSON與該地因緣說起 很有意思

讀到下句 我去查牛津美國英文辭典 發現 bolt·hole在英國就是兔子等用來逃脫的穴路或濄
我才知道BOLT還有其他意思 不只是螺絲等等
Alan Brownjohn's poem ‘A Brighton’ makes engaging use of the town's reputation as a secret bolthole for Londoners:
"‘Brighton’: not far, a lie or an excuse
Like dental checks or grandmothers' funerals.
‘Did you have a nice day at Brighton?’ asks the master
Receiving a boy's forged note about his cold.



 bolt·hole  (blthl)
n.

1. A hole through which to bolt: found a bolthole in the fencing.

2. A place affording escape.
 IN BRIEF: n. - An opening through which an animal may run when pursued into its burrow or den.

59.　狡兔三窟
注音一式　ㄐ｜ㄠˇ　ㄊㄨˋ　ㄙㄢ　ㄎㄨ
漢語拼音　ｊｉ ｏ　ｔ 　ｓ ｎ　ｋ	注音二式　ｊｉ ｕ　ｔ 　ｓ ｎ　ｋ
狡猾的兔子有三處藏身的洞穴。戰國策˙齊策四：「狡兔有三窟，僅得免其死耳。」比喻有多處藏身的地方或多種避禍的準備。聊齋志異˙卷七˙邵女：「汝狡兔三窟，何歸為？」亦作「三窟狡兔」。