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| Processed by: | ycandau (2015-02-23 17:34:48 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 49369 - submitted by 'shenyixuan' >> http://www.zdic.net/c/7/10f/293514.htm# Editor: li5 You avoided to quote your source, but "what can you expect from a dog but a bark" is of course everywhere. "a filthy mouth can't utter decent language": that's also everywhere, and slightly wrong. |
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# 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙 狗嘴里吐不出象牙 [gou3 zui3 li3 tu3 bu4 chu1 xiang4 ya2] /what can you expect from a dog but a bark (proverb)/fig. a filthy mouth can't utter decent language/ + 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙 狗嘴里吐不出象牙 [gou3 zui3 li5 tu3 bu4 chu1 xiang4 ya2] /no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)/no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel/ |