此句典出 何处?比喻意义是什么
God sends meat and the devil sends cooks。上帝赐给食物,魔鬼派来厨师。 It is a common prouerbe, God may sende a man good meate, but the deuyll may sende an euyll coke to dystrue it.
God sends meat, and the diuel sends cookes.
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It is a common prouerbe, God may sende a man good meate, but the deuyll may sende an euyll coke to dystrue it.
God sends meat, and the diuel sends cookes.
意思是 上帝送来 美好的 食物,魔鬼来搞破坏的 吗? 指的是有好料未必能做出好菜(坏厨子是魔鬼派来糟蹋好食材的),和汉语俗语的“经是好经,让歪嘴和尚念坏了”在形式和含义上都相似,但表达没有那么直白,适用范围也更广一些(如讽刺、自嘲、谴责等)。 成事在天,谋事在人?
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