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Wrong metaphor. Crossing a Rubicon means undergoing an irreversible change. It rarely involves squandering something (money, effort etc), but 肉包子打狗 always does. E.g. 借錢給不講信用的人，簡直是肉包子打狗，有去無回。 |
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df | df one's outlay is squandered; one's loan will never be returned; one's efforts come to nothing</WL> | ||
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