这些英语中的常用语，都是因为一本童话流行起来的_时事

这些英语中的常用语，都是因为一本童话流行起来的

In 18th and 19th century England mercury was used in the production of felt, which was used in the manufacturing of hats common of the time.

在18世纪和19世纪时期，英国人通常会使用含有汞的毛毡布料制作帽子。

一些帽子手工匠因长期接触含汞织物而发生汞中毒，口齿不清、战栗、步履蹒跚、甚至失去意识，而人们就用mad as a hatter来形容出现这类症状的人。

这种说法流传至今离不开卡罗尔这个营销天才。Hatter是《爱丽丝梦游仙境》中的一个角色，擅长制帽与剪裁。由于他性格怪诞、疯癫，也被书迷称为Mad Hatter，“疯帽子”。

“He was the first children’s book author to license his characters for use on other products, so the characters had individual lives,” says Vega, “The characters become familiar to a group of people wider than the readership of the book.”

韦加称，“卡罗尔是第一个将自己的角色授权给其他商品使用的儿童文学作家。这些角色因此有了各自的人生。除了原著读者之外，他们能被更多人所熟知。”

3. CHESHIRE CAT GRIN

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Much as with our buddy the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat has been ingrained in the membrane. The adjectival phrase is, once again, associated with a specific character. So whenever someone describes a person as grinning like a Cheshire cat, we can picture that huge, mischievous—and slightly unsettling—smile.