詞彙 "as a tree falls, so shall it lie" 在中文的含義

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as a tree falls, so shall it lie

US /æz ə triː fɔːlz, soʊ ʃæl ɪt laɪ/
UK /æz ə triː fɔːlz, səʊ ʃæl ɪt laɪ/
"as a tree falls, so shall it lie" picture

成語

樹倒向哪邊,就躺在哪邊

used to say that a person's character or destiny is fixed at the time of death, or that things will remain in the state they have reached

範例:
He never changed his ways, and as a tree falls, so shall it lie.
他從未改變過自己的方式,正所謂樹倒向哪邊,就躺在哪邊
There is no point in trying to alter the past; as a tree falls, so shall it lie.
試圖改變過去是沒有意義的;樹倒向哪邊,就躺在哪邊