村上春樹の短編 'Super-Frog Saves Tokyo' から引用します。
Frog fell silent, but soon, as if dredging up his last ounce of strength, he began to speak again. "Fyodor Dostoevsky, with unparalled tenderness, depicted those who have been forsaken by God. He discovered the precious quality of human existence in the ghastly paradox where by men who had invented God were forsaken by that very God. Fighting with Worm Nights'. I..." Frog's words seemed to founder. "Mr. Katagiri, do you mind if take a brief nap? I am utterly exhausted."
以前ブログに "men created Gods" と書いた覚えがありますが、上の引用文に同じ様な意味の記述 'men who had invented God' があります。
上に出てきた "founder" は既に取り上げていますが（7/14/2010）、"founder" の語源に関するMerriam-Webster's Online Dictionaryの次のコメントを紹介します。
Founder comes from Middle English foundren, meaning "to send to the bottom or "collapse." That word came from the Middle French verb fondrer, and ultimately from the Latin noun fundus, meaning "bottom." When something "founders," it usually hits the bottom in one sense or another. A foundering horse - that is, a disabled one - is likely to collapse to the ground. When a ship founders, it sinks to the bottom of the sea. "Founder" has a broader, figurative sense, too - if your marriage or your career is foundering it isn't doing well and is therefore headed downward.
Frog fell silent, but soon, as if dredging up his last ounce of strength, he began to speak again. "Fyodor Dostoevsky, with unparalled tenderness, depicted those who have been forsaken by God. He discovered the precious quality of human existence in the ghastly paradox where by men who had invented God were forsaken by that very God. Fighting with Worm Nights'. I..." Frog's words seemed to founder. "Mr. Katagiri, do you mind if take a brief nap? I am utterly exhausted."
以前ブログに "men created Gods" と書いた覚えがありますが、上の引用文に同じ様な意味の記述 'men who had invented God' があります。
上に出てきた "founder" は既に取り上げていますが（7/14/2010）、"founder" の語源に関するMerriam-Webster's Online Dictionaryの次のコメントを紹介します。
Founder comes from Middle English foundren, meaning "to send to the bottom or "collapse." That word came from the Middle French verb fondrer, and ultimately from the Latin noun fundus, meaning "bottom." When something "founders," it usually hits the bottom in one sense or another. A foundering horse - that is, a disabled one - is likely to collapse to the ground. When a ship founders, it sinks to the bottom of the sea. "Founder" has a broader, figurative sense, too - if your marriage or your career is foundering it isn't doing well and is therefore headed downward.
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