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【学谚语,了解西方文化】Money makes the mare go.
本帖最后由 evaxiaofan 于 2011-3-28 11:34 编辑
Money makes the mare ( to ) go.
mare 是母马或母驴,这里说的是连驴马都不得不屈从于金钱的诱惑。这是一句很有意思的谚语,与中文里“有钱能使鬼推磨”的俗语有异曲同工之妙。鬼推不推磨没有人见证过,但金钱的诱惑力却被一次又一次的验证。为蝇头小利而为恶者有之,为重金出卖朋友者有之。美国也正是以“重赏之下必有勇夫”为信条,以重金利诱,使“扑克牌人物”在伊拉克纷纷就擒。当人们为金钱而心旌摇曳之时,道德的约束力就显得微不足道。所谓“君子爱财,取之有道”,人类的软肋不是爱财,而是贪婪。“ Money talks ”也是这个意思。
e.g. The terrible accident with so many victims was exposed to the whole nation at last. Apart from the shocks, people were puzzled: How come the accident was concealed for such a long time? Money makes the mare go. Journalists had been bribed.
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