| Mitenkähän Steinbeckin kirjassa "Hiiriä ja ihmisiä" kuuluu suomeksi kohta "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry"? Kiitos vastauksestanne… |
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Lainaus ei ole Steinbeckin kirjasta vaan Robert Burnsin runosta
To a Mouse.
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane [you aren't alone]
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry]
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promised joy.
Fraasiselityssivusto kertoo siitä näin:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-best-laid-schemes-of-mice-and-me…
Meaning: The most carefully prepared plans may go wrong.
Origin: From Robert Burns' poem To a Mouse, 1786. It tells of how he, while ploughing a field, upturned a mouse's nest. The resulting poem is an apology to the mouse:
The poem is of course the source for the title of John Steinbeck's 1937 novel - Of Mice and Men.
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