don't look a gift horse in the mouth

短语

不要对礼物吹毛求疵

发音

AU

别名

never look a gift horse in the mouth

释义与例句

prov.
  1. 1.

    One should not unappreciatively question or inspect a gift too closely.

    不要对礼物吹毛求疵

    不要对礼物挑三拣四

词源

Calque from Latin expressions such as equi dentes inspicere donati (“to inspect the teeth of a provided horse”) in St. Jerome's c. 400 Preface to the Commentaries of the Letter to the Ephesians (Commentariorum in Epistolam ad Ephesios Libri Tres), which designates it as a "common proverb" (vulgare proverbium). The ultimate referrent is inspection of horses' teeth as a way of ascertaining their age and value.

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