APAD:One good turn deserves……

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One good turn deserves another 

means that when someone does a favor for you, you should do a favor for them in repayment; kindness should be rewarded with kindness. The proverb one good turn deserves anotherhas been in use since the 1400s and may be found in John Heywood’s A dialogue conteinyng the nomber of all the proverbes in the englishe tongue published in 1546 as: “One good turn asketh another.” The sentiment behind one good turn deserves another is credited to Aesop, a Greek storyteller who lived in the 500s B.C. His story, The Serpent and the Eagle, tells the tale of a farmer who witnessed a life-and-death struggle between a serpent and an eagle. The farmer freed the eagle from the serpent, but as the serpent departed, he spat venom into the farmer’s drinking flask. The farmer didn’t notice, and began to take a drink from his flask, but the eagle knocked the flask from the farmer’s hands to save him from being poisoned. The moral of Aesop’s fable is: One good turn deserves another.

Phrasal verb:

Drop out — To quit or stop participating in something

Type: Separable, intransitive

She was a straight-A student, but she dropped out of college to pursue her dream of becoming an artist.

 

 

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Nice tale from Aesop. He was early but shouldn't -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (188 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 17:00:52

quid-pro-quo 這個詞也太難了啊 -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 17:23:32

Remember Dr. Lecter: Quid-pro-quo. Yes or no, Clarice? -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 18:34:37

你這英文也太好了!學習了:) -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 19:03:53

Thank you. Just happened to remember. It was a great movie. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 19:20:02

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlRLfbONYgM -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 18:37:17

Great proverb, by the way, and it was new to me. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 17:02:39

我也是剛看到並學會:) -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 17:23:59

I grew up with Aesop's Fables -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 17:04:34

中文版還是英文版?那你知道這個伊索寓言? -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 17:24:52

中文,這個故事似乎有印象 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/11/2023 postreply 18:14:11

愛心接力? -Zhuzitaba- 給 Zhuzitaba 發送悄悄話 Zhuzitaba 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/12/2023 postreply 12:04:49

禮尚往來~ -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/12/2023 postreply 13:40:09

One good turn deserves another. 學習啦~ ~ -盈盈一笑間- 給 盈盈一笑間 發送悄悄話 盈盈一笑間 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 06/12/2023 postreply 18:04:58

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