today is a good day to die

谚语
中文释义
英 /təˈdeɪ ɪz ə ˈɡʊd deɪ tuː ˈdaɪ/    美 /tʊˈdeɪ ɪz ə ˈɡʊd deɪ tə ˈdaɪ/

英文释义

谚语
  1. An expression of willingness, even eagerness, to give one’s life for a cause.
    — Junkies brag about the "rush" of mainlined heroin or inhaled crack cocaine; I'll put the rush of danger up against any drug. I wasn't kidding when I told Bouton it was a good day to die. Any day is a good day to die. As long as you go down fighting.
  2. An expression indicating that one should not live with any regrets, or tasks left undone.
    — To be given the strength to live without regrets, without the feeling that you should be doing something more, something different. To make today''' a good day to die. To gain fulfillment not with length of time, but with quality.

词源

The phrase is frequently attributed to the Oglala Lakota war leader Crazy Horse (c. 1842 – 1877), though this is inaccurate as the earliest published reference, in the edition on August 14, 1881 of the Leavenworth Times, attributes it to the Oglala Lakota chief Low Dog (c. 1846 – 1894).
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