when in Rome, do as the Romans do

短语

入乡随俗、入境随俗

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别名

when in Rome, do as the Romans when in Rome, do like the Romans do

释义与例句

prov.
  1. 1.

    When situated in a foreign place, it is wise to follow the local customs.

  2. 2.

    It is wise to adapt to the circumstances; it is wise to follow common custom.

    习语

词源

The first attestation is Medieval Latin si fueris Rōmae, Rōmānō vīvitō mōre; si fueris alibī, vīvitō sīcut ibī (“if you should be in Rome, live in the Roman manner; if you should be elsewhere, live as they do there”), which is attributed to St Ambrose (c. 339–397). Robert Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) uses the phrase “When they are at Rome, they doe there as they ſee done.”

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