Boadicea

基本解釋

In the olden days, it was said that the warrior Queen Boadicea of Norfolk, East Britain, brought a hare with her to ensure luck in battle against the Roman Empire who had invaded her kingdom.
據(jù)說(shuō)，很久以前，來(lái)自英國(guó)東部諾福尅的勇士博阿迪西亞女王在與入侵其王國(guó)的羅馬帝國(guó)軍隊(duì)打仗時(shí)，就隨身帶著一衹野兔來(lái)確保逢戰(zhàn)必勝。
In the olden9) days, it was said that the warrior Queen Boadicea of Norfolk, East Britain, brought a hare with her to ensure luck in battle against the Roman Empire who had invaded her kingdom.
據(jù)說(shuō)，很久以前，來(lái)自英國(guó)東部諾福尅的勇士博阿迪西亞女王在與入侵其王國(guó)的羅馬帝國(guó)軍隊(duì)打仗時(shí)，就隨身帶著一衹野兔來(lái)確保逢戰(zhàn)必勝。

This jibe—mere truth it seemed at the time—was stunningly refuted when its victim, in his resignation speech, achieved what the entire Labour Party never could and brought the Iron Lady down (and if you think iron the rudest or lady even a usual word for that bargain-basement Boadicea, think again).
ECONOMIST: Desiccated calculating bores