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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

hide off

Then he would not have translated English mule-skinner into a Chinese phrase meaning 'a person who skin the hide off of mules.'
Could you tell me what it means?
  

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rpsh skin the hide off of mules remove the skin from mules (to make leather goods, presumably). It is not a good definition, because a mule-skinner is actually a person who drives a mule team. Here is an etymology that may be apocryphal: The term muleskinner means someone who can "skin" or outsmart a mule.

— Mister Micawber

  • rpsh skin the hide off of mules remove the skin from mules (to make leather goods, presumably).
  • It is not a good definition, because a mule-skinner is actually a person who drives a mule team.
  • Here is an etymology that may be apocryphal: The term muleskinner means someone who can "skin" or outsmart a mule.
  • Mules are known for being stubborn, but really are just smart.
  • So, you have to be smarter than a mule to train them.
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rpshskin the hide off of mules
remove the skin from mules (to make leather goods, presumably). It is not a good definition, because a mule-skinner is actually a person who drives a mule team.

Here is an etymology that may be apocryphal: The term muleskinner means someone who can "skin" or outsmart a mule. Mules are known for being stubborn, but r
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Got it, thank you!
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