Picture something standing upright with the weight in the wrong half: the heavy things are all up high and there is almost nothing holding the bottom down. A with the thick books on the top shelf. A backpack with the water bottles in the lid pocket. It has not fallen yet — it is just leaning, waiting for a push. Everywhere this word goes, that same shape goes with it: too much above, too little below, and trouble coming.
可以想成一個立著的東西,重量放錯了一半:重的全在上面,下面幾乎沒有東西壓著。像一個把厚書都放在最上層的書櫃。像一個把水瓶塞在頂袋的背包。它還沒倒,只是歪在那裡,等人輕輕一碰。這個字走到哪裡,這個形狀就跟到哪裡:上面太多,下面太少,而且看得出後面要出事。所以不管是東西、公司還是身形,說 top-heavy 都是在講「比例上面重」。
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