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APAD: Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything

7grizzly
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Meaning:

   Shakespeare used this expression to describe the condition of the last of the

   seven ages of man. The French word `sans', meaning `without', having one

   syllable allows the speaker to quickly reel off the list of things he is

   without, closing the `All the world's a stage' speech and so emphazing his

   lack of life's functions.

 

Background:

   This is the last line from Jaques famous `all the world's a stage' speech in

   Shakespeare's As You Like It, 1600:

 

     JAQUES:

     All the world's a stage,

     And all the men and women merely players:

     They have their exits and their entrances;

     And one man in his time plays many parts,

     His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,

     Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

     And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel

     And shining morning face, creeping like snail

     Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,

     Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad

     Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,

     Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,

     Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

     Seeking the bubble reputation

     Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,

     In fair round belly with good capon lined,

     With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

     Full of wise saws and modern instances;

     And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts

     Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,

     With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,

     His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide

     For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,

     Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

     And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,

     That ends this strange eventful history,

     Is second childishness and mere oblivion,

     Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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Reading the classics saves time which, like a roll of paper towel, gets

dearer each passing day. Initially, Shakespeare and the Bible might take some

effort but once settled, they feel like a pair of shoes: the more one wears

them, the better they fit.

 

Today's APAD reminds me of poor Shylock the merchant. He might have had a thing

about some rare meat but the Jew, who insisted that he shared every trait of a 

Christian, ended up sans lands, sans goods, sans daughter, and sans Yahweh!

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最西边的岛上
2 楼
feel the same wrt TheBardOfAvon, but notSoMuch 4 theGoodBook
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最西边的岛上
3 楼
The Merchant of Venice embodies avarice, envy&wrath, so
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7grizzly
4 楼
"She clutches the bag to her hip like a biblical fig leaf"
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7grizzly
5 楼
so a new novel describes an older lady on a date:-)
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最西边的岛上
6 楼
stayAwayFrom Envy&Jealousy isGood 4 all ;-)
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最西边的岛上
7 楼
so Jesus curses the fig tree. ;-))
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7grizzly
8 楼
"Envy" was a variety of apple I used to chomp on but had to
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最西边的岛上
9 楼
U r so witty & funny 7G ;-))
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7grizzly
10 楼
give up after a molar started to wiggle :-)))
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7grizzly
11 楼
That's true, too. Fig leaves made Adam/Eve's first garment.
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最西边的岛上
12 楼
hahaha, thus "envy is rottenness to the bones" Proverb 14:30


 

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7grizzly
13 楼
Thanks. Just might as well. My writing sucks anyway :-)))
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最西边的岛上
14 楼
still much better than mine ;-)
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7grizzly
15 楼
Okay. So this is a race to the bottom. You're on! :-))
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7grizzly
16 楼
Very apt. Didn't know that one. Thanks.
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最西边的岛上
17 楼
in the front seat now;-) hahahaha
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妖妖灵
18 楼
"the last of the seven ages of man." What does "ages" mean?
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最西边的岛上
19 楼
See:
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移花接木
20 楼
came to the world with a diaper and left with a diaper
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最西边的岛上
21 楼
I thought diaper is optional? ;-))
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7grizzly
22 楼
So age = stage here. Thank you!
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7grizzly
23 楼
God-given diapers :-))
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最西边的岛上
24 楼
Then they’d better be soft gold plated :-)))
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最西边的岛上
25 楼
as 生命里的第一桶金 and the last one ;-)
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天边一片白云
26 楼
难怪你们都那么有学问。我一看Shakespeare and the Bible就打瞌睡。
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7grizzly
27 楼
No worries. No knowledge is worth a great sleep! :-)
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瓷善家
28 楼
This is an upper level. 真是学无止境!谢谢!
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妖妖灵
29 楼
TYSM!Learned:ages=stages. Why didn‘t he use stages?:)
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暖冬cool夏
30 楼
Seeking the bubble reputation +1 Love your summary.Superb!
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最西边的岛上
31 楼
cuz The Bard of Avon could use any words as He wished. ;-).
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最西边的岛上
32 楼
no explanation needed. I just read & learn & use.
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最西边的岛上
33 楼
could U share some Of the Sleep? :-) Thx白云美眉!
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最西边的岛上
34 楼
I went Avon & wished 2talk2him2, but he won't answer me ;-)
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