dog in the manger

短语

自己不能享用某物亦不让他人享用的人

发音

AU

词形变化

dogs in mangers dogs in the manger 复数 dogs in the manger dogs in mangers 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who denies to others something that the denier cannot use.

    占着茅坑不拉屎

    生人霸死地

    习语

词源

From a Greek fable about a dog preventing other animals from eating the hay in a manger, even though as a carnivore it could not eat the hay itself. Although the story was ascribed to Aesop's Fables in the 15th century, no ancient source does so. The phrase first appears in the writings of Diogenianus.

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