أحكى من قرد
لأنه يحكي الإنسان في أفعاله سوى المنطق. كما قال أبو الطيب:
يرمون شأوي في الكـلام وإنـمـا يحاكي الفتى فيما خلا المنطق القرد
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More eloquent than a monkey
For it imitates man in his actions, except for logic. As Abu al-Tayyib said:
They try to outdo me in speech, but the young man only imitates the monkey in matters devoid of logic.
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المثل أو التعبير الشعبي "أَحْكَى مِنْ قِرْد" (بمعنى أكثر مُحاكاةً وإتقاناً للتقليد من القرد) يُقابله في الثقافة والتعبير الإنجليزي:
1. التعبير الأقرب للتقليد الحرفي والمحاكاة:
"Monkey see, monkey do"
يُستخدم هذا التعبير لوصف الشخص الذي يُقلّد أفعال وحركات الآخرين دون وعي أو فكر، تماماً كما جرى المعنى في بيت المتنبي بأن القرد يُحاكي شكل الحركات فقط دون الفكر والمنطق.
2. الفعل والأيدوم الشائع للتقليد:
"To ape (someone / something)"
يُستخدم الفعل "to ape" مجازياً بمعنى "يُقلّد" أو "يُحاكي" الشخص أو الفعل بطريقة مشوهة أو آلية.
"Monkey hear, monkey say" (أو "To parrot someone")
تُقال للشخص الذي يُكرر ويُحاكي ما يسمعه دون فهم كامل، مثلما يُقال في اللغة الإنجليزية أيضاً: "To act like a copycat".
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The proverb or popular expression "more imitative than a monkey" (meaning more adept at mimicry than a monkey) has the following equivalents in English:
1. The expression closest to literal imitation:
"Monkey see, monkey do"
This expression is used to describe someone who imitates the actions and movements of others unconsciously and without thought, just as the meaning in Al-Mutanabbi's verse is that the monkey only mimics the form of movements without thought or logic.
2. The common verb and its grammatical form for imitation:
"To ape (someone/something)"
The verb "to ape" is used metaphorically to mean to imitate or mimic a person or action in a distorted or mechanical way.
"Monkey hear, monkey say" (or "To parrot someone")
This is said of someone who repeats and imitates what they hear without full understanding, similar to the English expression "To act like a copycat."
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