APAD: Finders keepers, losers weepers

Meaning:

He who finds a lost object can keep it, while the person who lost it is out of luck

 

[Here's a fascinating discussion of the background of this proverb.

https://www.bookbrowse.com/expressions/detail/index.cfm/expression_number/344/finders-keepers-losers-weepers]

 

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A salvage team's decade-long back-breaking toil uncovered the shipwreck of

two 17th-century Spanish galleons in the shallow waters west of the Florida

Keys. Carrying gold and silver from the New World, they succombed to a

hurricane. Mel Fisher, the mastermind behind the venture, after giving his best

years and losing a son and a daughter in-law to the cruel sea, triumphed.

 

But were the fabulous riches found his to keep? The U.S. government thought no:

"They are this nation's heritage and belong to the American public." Legal

battles ensued almost as soon as the treasure hunt showed an unmistakable

promise.

 

Another decade passed before Mel could declare victory. And here's what he said

in front of a display window in his museum, thronged with tourists agog like

children: "In the end, I don't even feel I own these beautiful things. I just

get to be here and show them to people for a while."

所有跟帖： 

• 沙發！占位點讚。多謝分享曆史小故事。APAD越寫越好看！欣賞～～ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 10:50:41

• Thank you! This was out of memory of a VHS 20 years ago :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:20:47

• 失而複得，固然喜；得而複失，自然悲？ -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 11:52:22

• 不以物喜，不以己悲。不亦樂乎？haha -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:27:05

• Is that a question? :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 16:09:14

• He who finds a lost object can keep it? IMHP, This does not -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:22:06

• suit the usual situation. In legal terms, there is a term -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:24:39

• called unjust enrichment. 不當得利。：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:25:06

• Good to know :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:21:56

• 零合總為真，雙贏多忽悠。 -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:54:34

• Often, the environment loses to make for a win-win. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:23:28

• 花董回國一個月，7G一個人堅持一天一篇APAD，並且都是高質量。感恩節在即，代表美壇感謝你。：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:55:22

• 7G能不能每月匯總成一篇（詳細解釋不需要），這樣讓我們copy下來學習，以免狗熊掰棒子。 -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:59:35

• 如有一個略解，加一個例句，最好。 -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 13:02:16

• 好主意。版務可以考慮每個月做個APAD合輯，附加鏈接，直接鏈接到原文。方便大家閱讀。：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 13:05:16

• Good idea. I think you'd be the best person for the job :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:25:02

• You do it, not for yourself, but for the sake of +100086. -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 16:45:20

• Whoever proposes should have skin in the game:) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 17:49:08

• Thank you! I appreciate it! Happy Thanksgiving! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:24:18

• 生不帶來死不帶去，我們以為擁有的其實隻是替人保管一陣，所以losers也沒有什麽好哭泣的。我們都是兩手空空去見上帝的：） -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 13:53:50

• Aye, Aye, Captain :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:28:55

• 像兒歌：）） -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 17:58:13

• Right you are, and that makes it memorable. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 19:14:59