APAD：Never bite the hand that feeds you

Meaning: never treat badly the person or people on whom you depend on, or who support and take care of you in some way.

The origin of the phrase ‘never bites the hand that feeds you’ isn't known. One of the first times it was seen in print was during the 18th century, when political writer Edmund Burke said “having looked to government for bread, on the first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.” The term is believed to be hundreds of years old.

- https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/phrases/never-bite-the-hand-that-feeds-you

We had fish for a late lunch yesterday.  Our furry good friend Maowi the cat sat close by and watched over me cooking. I knew what he was after, so after finishing, I gave him a piece of fish from my hand.  He must have been very hungry and took the piece quickly but also bit my finger, which is unusal.  Ouch, It really hurt ...  

 

But every cloud has a silver lining, even.being bitten -  thus today's APAD. 

 

Happy (another) Friday!

 

post-action Maowi

 

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• Animals've instinct to guard their food. Dog b aggressive if -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 06:15:04

• competing food. When hand feed a dog, this proverb makes -移花接木- ♂ (147 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 06:22:16

• very pragmatic ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 13:49:16

• 知恩图报，而非农夫与蛇：） -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 08:13:54

• shouldn't we all. Thx 暖冬。 -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 13:49:57

• 不要忘恩负义：）手还疼吗？红肿吗？ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 09:02:32

• 报告灵医生：没有红肿，但有两个大牙印儿，今天基本消失了。谢谢！ -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 13:52:03

• 莫恩将仇报 -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 10:23:57

• 否则后果自负哈 ；-）。 Thx. -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 13:54:01

• Someone needs to talk some feline sense to maowi! -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 13:28:14

• actually I did: "Maowi, I'm Ur friend, not Ur food." ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 13:56:21

• Cats think they are the master, we r their humans -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 15:00:39

• poor cats ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 15:09:14

• LOL. U put urself in cats' shoes：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 15:14:35

• & dogs' ;-), just joking ;-) 不许生气！ -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 15:23:33

• dog r social, U must b superior 2 him, or he'll be superior -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 16:22:44

• Most cats are solitary, they don't care or cooperate 2 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 16:24:32

• 你家的网红猫似乎也知道做错事了。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 17:49:35

• 网红？哪个网？怎么红？我都没有经历过哈，好不公平！；-） 白云美眉好。 -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/10/2024 postreply 18:13:14

• 怪我没说清楚。Maowi the cat 是美语世界的可爱的猫。喜欢看你写的关于她的的故事。她是美潭的网红。西岛好。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 02:45:21

• 谢谢白云美眉，和你开玩笑呢 ：）。看来我还是不会油墨，还须努力！ -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 05:38:51