駟不及舌sì bù jí shéa word (lightly) spoken goes faster than a team of four horses; what’s said can never be unsaid
? 惜乎，夫子之說，君子也，～。(《論語·顏淵》) Alas! Your words,sir,show you to bea superior man,but four horses cannot overtake the tongue.
? 事后，才知道半農頗不高興了，“～”，也沒有法子。(《魯迅選集》 Ⅳ—77) I heard afterwards that he took offence,but “what’s said can never be unsaid”—it was too late. 駟不及舌sì bù jí shé駟：指駟馬；不及：追不上。駟馬再快，也追不上說出去的話。形容話一說出口就難以收回。用以表示說話應該慎重。A word spoken goes faster than a team of four horses. What’s said can never be unsaid. |