APAD: Finders keepers, losers weepers

Meaning:

He who finds a lost object can keep it, while the person who lost it is out of luck

 

[Here's a fascinating discussion of the background of this proverb.

https://www.bookbrowse.com/expressions/detail/index.cfm/expression_number/344/finders-keepers-losers-weepers]

 

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A salvage team's decade-long back-breaking toil uncovered the shipwreck of

two 17th-century Spanish galleons in the shallow waters west of the Florida

Keys. Carrying gold and silver from the New World, they succombed to a

hurricane. Mel Fisher, the mastermind behind the venture, after giving his best

years and losing a son and a daughter in-law to the cruel sea, triumphed.

 

But were the fabulous riches found his to keep? The U.S. government thought no:

"They are this nation's heritage and belong to the American public." Legal

battles ensued almost as soon as the treasure hunt showed an unmistakable

promise.

 

Another decade passed before Mel could declare victory. And here's what he said

in front of a display window in his museum, thronged with tourists agog like

children: "In the end, I don't even feel I own these beautiful things. I just

get to be here and show them to people for a while."

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• 沙发！占位点赞。多谢分享历史小故事。APAD越写越好看！欣赏～～ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 10:50:41

• Thank you! This was out of memory of a VHS 20 years ago :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:20:47

• 失而复得，固然喜；得而复失，自然悲？ -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 11:52:22

• 不以物喜，不以己悲。不亦乐乎？haha -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:27:05

• Is that a question? :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 16:09:14

• He who finds a lost object can keep it? IMHP, This does not -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:22:06

• suit the usual situation. In legal terms, there is a term -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:24:39

• called unjust enrichment. 不当得利。：） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:25:06

• Good to know :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:21:56

• 零合总为真，双赢多忽悠。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:54:34

• Often, the environment loses to make for a win-win. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:23:28

• 花董回国一个月，7G一个人坚持一天一篇APAD，并且都是高质量。感恩节在即，代表美坛感谢你。：） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:55:22

• 7G能不能每月汇总成一篇（详细解释不需要），这样让我们copy下来学习，以免狗熊掰棒子。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 12:59:35

• 如有一个略解，加一个例句，最好。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 13:02:16

• 好主意。版务可以考虑每个月做个APAD合辑，附加链接，直接链接到原文。方便大家阅读。：） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 13:05:16

• Good idea. I think you'd be the best person for the job :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:25:02

• You do it, not for yourself, but for the sake of +100086. -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 16:45:20

• Whoever proposes should have skin in the game:) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 17:49:08

• Thank you! I appreciate it! Happy Thanksgiving! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:24:18

• 生不带来死不带去，我们以为拥有的其实只是替人保管一阵，所以losers也没有什么好哭泣的。我们都是两手空空去见上帝的：） -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 13:53:50

• Aye, Aye, Captain :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 15:28:55

• 像儿歌：）） -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 17:58:13

• Right you are, and that makes it memorable. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/22/2023 postreply 19:14:59