Slog - Comments on The Best of the Best http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb This is a Chinese proverb: * 肉(rņu)包(bāo)子(zi)打(dǎ)狗(gǒu) (meat+bun(2nd and 3rd)+hit+dog) o Literally: to hit a dog with a meat-bun. o Interpretation: the dog will not be driven off, but rather enjoy the meat-bun instead. o Moral: using the wrong method to approach a problem.... Copyright 2008 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:54:27 -0800 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:44:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by You can't scare a dog away with bacon. You're right. That's a great proverb.

]]> You can't scare a dog away with bacon. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835029 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835029 Life Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:33:02 -0800 Comment by You Can't Scare A Cat With Sardines I don't know...I kind of like "Even monkeys sometimes fall out of trees".

]]> You Can't Scare A Cat With Sardines http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835033 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835033 Life Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:42:54 -0800 Comment by Raindog Just because you have a hammer doesn't mean that everything is a baby.

]]> Raindog http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835060 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835060 Life Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:33:57 -0800 Comment by mirror My favorite is "Kill a chicken to let the monkeys see the blood."

]]> mirror http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835063 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835063 Life Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:44:45 -0800 Comment by Andy While I appreciate your appreciation of Chinese proverbs, 肉包子打狗 describes a situation where you give something out without the possibility of getting it back. It's most commonly used like, "Lending money to untrustworthy people is like beating a dog with a meat bun." An approximate English phrase might be, "What's gone is gone."

Your interpretation is interesting though.

@2, That's a Japanese proverb.

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835072 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835072 Life Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:16:05 -0800 Comment by mac God, I love the straightforwardness of Chinese grammar, as I understand it. Good saying, too.

]]> mac http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835075 Life Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:28:32 -0800 Comment by You Can't Scare A Cat With Sardines @ 5 私は知っている。

]]> You Can't Scare A Cat With Sardines http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835157 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835157 Life Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:34:12 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley Seems like a meat bun would effectively deal with the problem, and avoid violence. I guess you would need to go buy another meat bun if you were really hungry or had intended to give it to someone.

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835174 Life Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:01:06 -0800 Comment by Amelia I think it depends on how hard you throw it.

]]> Amelia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835221 Life Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:37:50 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark Isn't that a smart way to keep a good dog around?

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835223 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835223 Life Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:29:58 -0800 Comment by treacle Worthy proverb. But what are you referring to Charles? Is this just a proverb mentioned for general edification? Or is there something at the root of this?

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835225 Life Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:02:33 -0800 Comment by Greg Four-character proverbs annoy me. They're always practically impossible to figure out, and I look like a moron when I pronounce them wrong. Grr.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_best_proverb#c835259 Life Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:44:46 -0800