趣味英语之成语：嗟来之食（中英对照学英语）
趣味英语之成语：嗟来之食（中英对照）
成语来源
food handed out in contempt
嗟来之食
One year during the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), there was a the Qi State (齐国) was severely strickend by a famine.
春秋时代，有一年齐国发生大饥荒。
Qian Ao (qián ào 黔敖), a very rich but arrogant man took the occasion to showcase his generosity through preparing food by the roadside and giving it to the passing refugees in charity.
