APAD: I am not my brother's keeper.

Meaning: I am not responsible.

 

Source: From Genesis 4:8-9. Cain has killed his brother out of jealousy. God

asks 'Where is Abel thy brother?' Cain answers "I know not, am I my brother's

keeper?"

 

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The newcomer to the zoo, a quiet shaggy orangutan, used to work in a

world-touring circus, where he was said to have attained literacy. People

couldn't wait to try him out. Out of hundreds of proposals, the ape picked "On

the Origin of Species" and returned the book in three days.

 

"Any thoughts?" asked the zoo-keeper in front of an audience waiting with bated

breath.

 

"Am I my Keeper's brother?"

 

(Credit: Inspired by David Crystal's "Begat: The King James Bible and The

English Language")

赞认真读书和分享。学习了～～ ：）

as innocent as a baby

Thanks but you didn't laugh?

but with admirable knowledge of the Bible.

Abel was killed by Cain . That’s a sad story.

The old Bible is like a history book. 类似于子修春秋而乱臣贼子惧！

am I my brother's keeper? 杀了人还敢这么有脾气，是心虚还是没心没肺？

Thanks. This is something we cannot translate into Chinese.

A nation's (a race's in this case) stories define it.

We cultural straddlers are special :-)

心虚. It's human nature. I would've done the same.

有意思，待我好好学习和消化，小学生快要消化不良了。每天的美文美语，哈哈哈

Indeed. So much good stuff to enjoy. Ars longa vita brevis.

A good story/joke you have created!

Thanks! I was waiting for laughs :-)))

小时候我爸爸给我讲曹植七步成诗的故事。中外都有这种事啊

Nice connection!

"Ars longa vita brevis. " what language it is?

Latin. The first Chinese translation I saw was 人生短暂，艺术千秋。

But today I would say "生命有限，技艺无涯"