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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2020-05-03 13:42:52 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 66028 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> This is #1 in the book "500 Chinese Proverbs". Back in 2011, Yves added it. He wrote "please improve the def" but got no response and ended up processing it himself. I have belatedly attempted to improve the def. The expression is in lots of dicts. Wikt ~ "A smart person does not dwell on past actions." I found this comment on the grazing of horses, which is quite relevant: <<Horses were designed to graze Horses are "browsers". In nature they tend to select grasses, clovers and herbs and then move to new areas. They can travel over five kilometres a day and sometimes they never return to the same area to graze. Horses prefer not to graze areas soiled by manure. This self-imposed lax grazing enables them to avoid manure contaminated pasture which minimises their parasite burdens. Given the nature of horse grazing it is not surprising that pasture management problems emerged when man first began to confine horses. These problems have increased with the intensification of horses.>> http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/livestock/horses/feed-requirements-of-horses/grazing-and-feeding/grazing-management-for-horses Example from Wang Shuo's 《玩的就是心跳》 “得了，你也不用装花尾巴狗。”张莉蛮善良地说，“好马不吃回头草，你真想正正经经找个人，我倒认识一个不错的姑娘，家里是高干，三间大北房。” "Stop that! Don't go wagging your tail at me." Then she softened. "A good horse doesn't eat the grass behind it. If you're really serious about wanting to find someone, I know a great girl, daughter of a high official, lives in a big three-room flat with a northern exposure." |
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- 好馬不吃回頭草 好马不吃回头草 [hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3] /lit. a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture (idiom)/fig. one should not go back to one's past experiences (of love, job etc)/ + 好馬不吃回頭草 好马不吃回头草 [hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3] /lit. a good horse doesn't return to graze the same patch again (idiom)/fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)/leave the past behind/ |