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标题: 每日学口语(11月23日)DON'T BE SUCH A DOG IN THE MANGER! [打印本页]

作者: 寄托天下    时间: 2007-11-23 08:19     标题: 每日学口语(11月23日)DON'T BE SUCH A DOG IN THE MANGER!

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俗话说,林子大了什么鸟都有。有一种人就属于那种占着茅坑不拉屎的,比如有的男人百般阻挠前妻再婚,他们的理论是:如果我不能拥有她,那谁也别想拥有她。这种人用英语说就是“a dog in the manger”(马厩里的狗)。

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这种说法来自伊索寓言:一匹马和一头牛正在马厩里吃草,这时,一条狗闯了进来,它十分霸道地要马和牛都走开。马和牛十分温和地对它说:你是不吃草的呀!这条狗却蛮不讲理地说:我是不吃草,可是我不吃的东西也不能让你们白吃!就这样,这条狗霸占了盛满稻草的马槽,却赶走了以草为生的马和牛。而它自己呢,也只能看着稻草却不能吃。后来,“a dog in a manger”就用来指那种自己不用某个东西也不让别人用的人。

看下面例句:

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Don't be such a dog in the manger. Lend your bicycle to him since you will not go out this afternoon.

别这么不够朋友,既然你今天下午不出去就把自行车借给他用一用。)

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作者: 寄托天下    时间: 2007-11-23 08:27

THE PHRASE COME FROM AESOP'S FABLES.A HORSE &A COW A GRAZING IN THE STABLES,SUNDDENLY,A DOG COME IN AND ASKED FOR THE TWO GUYS GOT OUT HERE AND HE WANNA STAYED AT THE MANGER.SO STRANGE THEM A.THE DOG SHOUTED 2 THEM DO NOT I EAT,BUT I CAN'T EAT AND U WON'T HAVING IT.DAMN THE DOG.




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