拾人牙慧shí rén yá huìappropriate other people’s ideas as one’s own; copy and mimic; pick up phrases from sb and pass them off as one’s own; pick up what others say (/write); plagiarize
? 荷花所說的什么“出角紅星”就是拾了黃道士的牙慧。(《茅盾文集》Ⅶ—346)The “pointed star”which Lotus had spoken of was something she had acquired from the store of learning of Huang the Priest. 拾人牙慧shí rén yá huì牙慧：指別人說過的話。義同“拾人涕唾”。same as“拾人涕唾”。 |