A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫釐,差之千里。
發 音 | Pronounce
shī zhī háo lí chā zhī qiān lǐ |
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解釋 | Explanation
毫、釐,皆為極小的長度單位。全句指差距雖然極細微,但導致的差誤、錯誤卻極大。《大戴禮記.保傅》:「正其本,萬物理,失之毫釐,差之千里;故君子慎始也。」唐.馮用之〈機論〉:「語不相時,則殆辱,薛冶諫其君也;默不相時,則受謗,子家從其賊也。所以失之毫釐,差之千里。」也作「失之毫釐,謬以千里」、「失之毫釐,以千里」。 |
英文解釋 | Failing or losing by a small margin
is just as bad as failing or losing by a large margin. |
英文造句 | She felt that not achieving a perfect
grade point average was as bad as failing all of her classes because, according to her, a miss is as good as a mile. |