英语短语词组词汇dog in the manger的音标、释义、翻译、用法及例句-英语短语词组词典-福建条码网

短语	dog in the manger
释义	dog in the manger inclined to prevent others from having or using things that one does not need oneself 占马槽的狗; 占着茅坑不拉屎。 ■ a person who does this 占着茅坑不拉屎的人。 [ORIGIN: alluding to the fable of the dog that lay in a manger to prevent the ox and horse from eating the hay.]
随便看	you can lead（或take） a horse to water but you can't make him drink you can never tell you cannot/could not but… You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs. You cannot touch pitch without being defiled. you can say that again you can say that again! you can't be too careful you can't compare apples and oranges you can tell him from me you can't get a quart into a pint pot you can't get away from sth you can't go wrong (with sth) you can't have it both ways you can't have your cake and eat it （too） you can't hear yourself think you can't judge a book by its cover you can't keep a good man down you can't keep a good man （或woman） down you can't lose you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear you can't make bricks without straw you can't mistake sb / sth you can't put an old head on young shoulders

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