喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can think of war paint as a face that has been changed on purpose before something big. Colour goes on in lines and shapes, and the everyday face disappears under it. The paint is a message: it says who this person is today and what they are walking into.

war paint 可以想成一張「特地換過」的臉。出門面對一場硬仗之前，先把顏色一道一道塗上去，平常那張臉就被蓋住了…更多收起war paint 可以想成一張「特地換過」的臉。出門面對一場硬仗之前，先把顏色一道一道塗上去，平常那張臉就被蓋住了。塗上去的東西本身是一則訊息：它在說今天這個人是誰、要去面對什麼。抓住這個畫面，兩個用法就連得起來——真的上戰場，和只是出門前坐在鏡子前。