trust everybody, but cut the cards

短语

别名

trust everybody, but always cut the cards trust everybody, but cut the deck trust every man, but cut the cards trust your friends, but cut the cards

释义与例句

prov.
  1. 1.

    One should have general faith in the good intentions of others, but one should never neglect to take appropriate precautions against being deceived or cheated.

词源

Reportedly coined by Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) and expressed in dialect by his character "Mr. Dooley" in Mr. Dooley's Philosophy (1900), p. 260: "Thrust ivrybody—but cut th' ca-ards."

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