saddler of Bawtry急性子

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

Someone in too much of a hurry．“Like the saddler of Bawtry，who was hanged for leaving his liquor，”says this Yorkshire proverb．It seems that the real saddler of Bawtry was on his way to the gallows and adamantlyrefused to stop with his guards for a last drink，as was the custom in York in the eighteenth century．Passing the tavern by，he hurried to the gallows，where Jack Ketch(q．v．)quickly accommodated him．His pardon from the king arrived only a few minutes later．

此短语意为“过于心急的人”。约克郡谚语云：“就象马具商Bawtry一样，过于心急，连杯酒都不想喝就急于要上绞刑架了。”据说马具商Bawtry确有其人。18世纪的约克郡有这样一个习俗，被判处绞刑的人在行刑前可与卫兵一起喝临终酒。但Bawtry在走向绞刑架的路上路过小酒店时，固执地拒绝停下来和卫兵们进去喝临终酒。他急急忙忙地走向绞架，很快Jack Ketch(参见该条)结果了他。但仅仅过了几分钟，国王的赦免令就到了。