Saturday, April 18, 2009

Chinese Jokes

狗熊掰棒子 - "bear picking corn" - if you say someone is like a bear picking corn, it implies that they pick one with one arm and put it under the armpit, and then they reach out with that arm, dropping that ear of corn, to pick another corn so that they can only have one corn at a time.

狗吐不出象牙 - "a dog can't spit out an elephant's tooth" - someone who is a jerk is unable to say anything except garbage

笨鸟先飞 - "stupid bird flying first" - it's kind of like the tortoise and hare story. if you don't work hard to keep ahead, stupid people will catch up to you because they work harder.

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