英语词汇don’t go to the bad for the shadow of an ass的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

don’t go to the bad for the shadow of an ass. Though little heard today, this expression, meaning “don’t fight over foolish things,” has a long history. Demosthenes told the story of a young Athenian traveler who rented an ass or donkey. When he took shelter from the sun at midday under the shadow of the beast its owner appeared and claimed the shadow for his own, saying he had rented the ass to the traveler but not its shadow. The two fought and fought over the shadow, then took the mat- ter to the law courts, where both men were ruined because the suit lasted so long.

词汇	don’t go to the bad for the shadow of an ass
词源	don’t go to the bad for the shadow of an ass. Though little heard today, this expression, meaning “don’t fight over foolish things,” has a long history. Demosthenes told the story of a young Athenian traveler who rented an ass or donkey. When he took shelter from the sun at midday under the shadow of the beast its owner appeared and claimed the shadow for his own, saying he had rented the ass to the traveler but not its shadow. The two fought and fought over the shadow, then took the mat- ter to the law courts, where both men were ruined because the suit lasted so long.
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