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[exp,v5u]
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《orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine》 ▶ to take a risk for someone ▶ to endanger oneself for someone ▶ [lit] to gather chestnuts from the fire |
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| 7. | A 2017-12-25 18:11:44 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
| 6. | A* 2017-12-04 08:46:28 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -17 +17 @@ -<gloss g_type="lit">to gather chestnuts from a fire</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">to gather chestnuts from the fire</gloss> |
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| 5. | A 2010-11-10 01:02:51 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 4. | A* 2010-11-09 06:25:35 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | it conjugates. and not particularly obscure from what i can tell. and the fire in the poem is the fire they're cooking them in, not a house fire |
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| Diff: | @@ -12,0 +12,1 @@ +<pos>&v5u;</pos> @@ -13,1 +14,1 @@ -<misc>&obsc;</misc> +<s_inf>orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine</s_inf> @@ -16,1 +17,1 @@ -<gloss g_type="lit">to go into a fire to rescue someone's chestnuts (from a Lafontaine fable about a cat rescuing a monkey's chestnuts from the fire and getting severe burns)</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">to gather chestnuts from a fire</gloss> |
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| 3. | A* 2010-11-09 01:17:09 Scott | |
| Refs: | koj daij |
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| Diff: | @@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ -<pos>&v5u;</pos> -<misc>&obs;</misc> -<gloss>to take risk</gloss> +<misc>&id;</misc> +<misc>&obsc;</misc> +<gloss>to take a risk for someone</gloss> +<gloss>to endanger oneself for someone</gloss> +<gloss g_type="lit">to go into a fire to rescue someone's chestnuts (from a Lafontaine fable about a cat rescuing a monkey's chestnuts from the fire and getting severe burns)</gloss> |
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