Zenobius 2.29
Eat the turtles yourselves, you who caught them
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English
Proverb
Eat the turtles yourselves, you who caught them
Explanation
fishermen once dragged up turtles in their nets and tried to share them with passers-by. Those who would not take them said to the fishermen, "Eat the turtles yourselves, you who caught them." Whence the saying turned into a proverb.
Greek
Proverb
Αὐτοὶ χελώνας ἔσθεθ’ οἵπερ εἵλετε
Explanation
ἁλιεῖς ποτε χελώνας ἀνασπάσαντες διὰ τῶν δικτύων, διένειμον τοῖς παριοῦσιν. Οἱ δὲ μὴ βουλόμενοι λαμβάνειν εἶπον τοῖς ἁλιεῦσιν, Αὐτοὶ χελώνας ἐσθίετε, οἵπερ εἵλετε. Ὅθεν εἰς παροιμίαν ὁ λόγος περιέστη.
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