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染指rǎnzhǐ春秋时,郑灵公请大臣们吃甲鱼,故意不给子公吃,子公很生气,就伸指向盛甲鱼的鼎里蘸上点汤,尝尝滋味走了(见于《左传》宣公四年)。后世用‘染指’比喻分取非分的利益。{have a finger in the pie. According to The Zuo Commentary·Duke。Xuan 4th Year, during the Spring and Autumn Period, when Duke Ling of the State of Zheng was feasting his ministers with stewed turtle, he deliberately declined to offer Zi Gong a share of it. The latter was so incensed that he dipped his finger into the tripod that contained the stew, tasted it, and went away. Later generations coined the phrase ‘get a finger on sth.’ to mean ‘impinge upon’ or ‘have a finger in the pie’.} |