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To suffer the slings and arrows of outregous fortune


ROBINDESBOIS October 31, 2009 12:28 PM

To suffer the slings and arrows of outregous fortune
 
I run into this expression while reading but I don“t understand the slings and arrows thing. Can anybody help?

Perikles October 31, 2009 12:46 PM

this is from probably the most famous speech in Shakespeare - Hamlet's soliloquy on whether life is worth living. The metaphor is that bad news in life is equivalent to arrows (flechas) and slings (hondas) being fired at you. Outrageous fortune = bad luck (mala suerte)

i.e. las adversidades de la vida

Tomisimo October 31, 2009 02:28 PM

I agree with Perikles. :)


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