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13 烏龜吃大麥
烏龜吃大麥
─糟蹋糧食。
糟蹋糧食
通常烏龜吃的是魚、
通常烏龜吃的是魚
蝦等小動物或雜草，
蝦等小動物或雜草
吃大麥是白糟蹋了人吃的糧食。
吃大麥是白糟蹋了人吃的糧食
指浪費東 西 。
指浪費東西
A turtle eating wheat ─ a waste of good grain.
A turtle normally eats small marine life and vegetation.
To feed it with wheat would be a waste of food that
could be used for man.
The emphasis of this phrase is on waste.
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