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Famous sayings about pigs

People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong. ——"A Dream of Red Mansions" by Cao Xueqin, a Manchu novelist of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 83 of "A Dream of Red Mansions" by Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty. The general meaning of this sentence is: People are afraid of having a good reputation and growing fat. This is a common saying, which is the same as the metaphor of "a big tree attracts the wind" and "the one with the eaves will die first". Because people become famous, all kinds of troubles will come one after another, just like pigs will be killed when they become fat. This sentence sometimes also refers to people who have lost their creative spirit and become conservative in order to maintain the status they have achieved.

Those who are near pigs are fat, and those who are near urine are coquettish. ——Cross talk, film and television actor, and TV talk show host Guo Degang's famous pig saying

It is better to raise a pig than to raise a son who does not study. ——Social critic and best-selling author Li Chengpeng's "Missing Person"

A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water

Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror - he is not a human being inside or outside

Money When I go to work, I get so angry that my head is rotten. ——Qing Dynasty novelist Wu Jingzi's "The Scholars"

Qing Dynasty novelist Wu Jingzi's "The Scholars" Chapter 13. Rotten: Boiled, which means the meat is cooked thoroughly after being boiled in water. The general meaning of these two sentences is: when the money is spent, the thing is done; when the heat is up, the pig's head is boiled. In the old society, it was common for government offices to accept bribes in accordance with the law. What should be done could be done without spending money. It's like boiling a pig's head. If it's not cooked enough, it won't be cooked. If it's heated, it'll be rotten. And the heat of doing business is money. The metaphor of "burning a pig's head when the fire is burning" is very vivid and has a sharp sense of ridicule and irony. These two sentences are often used to expose the corruption of officialdom in the old society.

Life is like a bare sow rack. ——The famous saying of contemporary Chinese writer Wang Xiaobo Zhu

A slut is like a pig. If you ask her to sit down at the table, she will put her feet on the table.

——Russian novelist and dramatist Chekhov

The dog will not eat the rest