The thinner, the fatter

The thinner, the fatter

In Chinese, Yu è sh ò UQ í NF é I means that pain and itching have nothing to do with oneself. It comes from Han Yu's on contending for officials in Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It means that pain and itching have nothing to do with oneself

Examples

How can you use that? Who knows that the thinner and the fatter?

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: the more fertile people, the more barren Qin Shi

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu of Tang Dynasty wrote in his treatise on contending for officials: "if the Yue people regard the gain and loss of government as the wealth and barrenness of the Qin people, they will not feel happy and sad."

Idiom explanation

It means that pain and itching have nothing to do with oneself.