Steve Minutillo :: messy-78messy things

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zonble zonble  

February 23rd, 2004
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\”Go to Work One Bug\” looks strange. :)

I consider that \”上班一條虫\” should be part of one Chinese jargon \”上班一條虫，下班一條龍\”. It means someone is \”like a little bug while working, but like a powerful dragon\”, it\’s used to describe someone (such as me) is active in his leasures but lazy on works. Chinese often use \”bug\” as the metaphor of laziness.

班 means spots too. We call zebras as 斑馬 – horses with spots.

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stevesteve  

February 23rd, 2004
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Thanks for explaining that! I was wondering if the title was based on some sort of expression, or idiom. I found that saying you mentioned on one web page, \”上班一條虫，下班一條龍\”, but I didn\’t understand what it meant.

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