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Adds something superfluous and ruins the effect
Day Chu country aristocrats kindly give a retainer of a wealthy
family pot liquor. The retainer of a wealthy family thought that, the
such many people minute is drinking, definitely not enough. Thereupon,
they discussed each person respectively draws a snake on the place,
who first drew good this pot liquor who to drink.
A retainer of a wealthy family person takes a small stick, starts on
the place the picture snake. Some person draws very quickly, after a
while, he on has been good the snake picture, he sees other people not
to draw well, then extremely happily said: "Looked like I come to the
snake to add several feet again, they also not necessarily draw."
But unexpectedly, this person has not drawn the foot for the snake,
in the hand wine pot has been then snatched by the others. This person
is angry said that, "I first draw the snake, the liquor should turn
over to me to drink!" That person smiles was saying that, "You to
present also in picture, but I already drew well, the liquor certainly
was I!" The picture snake foot person argues that, "I already drew,
but was also early adds several feet while the time to the snake."
That person said that, "The snake originally does not have the foot,
you gave it to draw foot that also are the snake?"
That for the snake the picture foot person eagerly looked this is
oneself, but the present already the liquor which is taken away by the
others, does not regret already.
畫蛇添足
有一天楚國貴族賞給門客們一壺酒。門客們覺得,這麼多人分著喝,肯定不夠。於是,他們商量每個人各自在地上畫一條蛇,誰先畫好了這壺酒就给誰喝。
門客們一人拿一根小棍,開始在地上畫蛇。有一個人畫得很快,不一會兒,他就把蛇畫好了,他看見其他人還沒畫好,便十分得意地說:“看來我再來給蛇添上幾隻腳,他們也未必畫完。”
不料,這個人還沒給蛇畫完腳,手上的酒壺便被別人一把搶了過去。這個人生氣地說:“我最先畫完蛇,酒應该歸我喝!”那個人笑著說:“你到現在還在畫,而我已經畫好了,酒當然是我的!”畫蛇腳的人爭辯說:“我早就畫完了,不過是趁時間還早給蛇添幾隻腳而已。”那人說:“蛇本來沒有腳,你給它畫了腳那還是蛇嗎?”
那個給蛇畫腳的人眼巴巴看著本屬自己,而現在已被別人拿走的酒,後悔不已。