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> There is a phrase in China for the way such tensions are manifested: when everyone denies all responsibility and tries to shift the blame back onto the blamer
by dragonshed 7y ago
> There is a phrase in China for the way such tensions are manifested: when everyone denies all responsibility and tries to shift the blame back onto the blamer, they are busy ‘throwing woks’.
I appreciate learning idioms of countries foreign to me, and in this case it makes for a great article.
- kohtatsu 7y agoThere was an great episode on this topic on CBC a week ago: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/the-life-giving-nature-of-language-1.5476924 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/the-life-giving-nature-of-... (Available on most Podcast apps too https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tapestry-from-cbc-radio/id250082526?i=1000466998731 https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tapestry-from-cbc-radi...)