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原意是说穷苦人家的女儿没有钱置备嫁衣,却每年辛辛苦苦地用金线刺乡,给别人做嫁衣。比喻空为别人辛苦。
[busy oneself with helping other people;fools lade water and wise men catch the fish;slave for others with no benefit to oneself as one who sews sb. else's trousseau] 贫穷女子常为富家女出嫁作衣。比喻徒然替他人辛苦出力