英语词汇you can’t keep a squirrel on the ground的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	you can’t keep a squirrel on the ground
词源	you can’t keep a squirrel on the ground. It’s futile to force someone to do something he’s not naturally suited to do. The saying probably dates back to the early 1900s.
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