What do you mean a horse is not fat if it doesn't eat night grass?

Horses can gain weight by eating grass at night.

Pronunciation: m: b: ch: y: o: b: f: i.

Analysis: Because horse ruminants are different from sheep and cattle, if they are fed only three times a day, they will digest quickly. If you don't feed it at night, you will get thinner and weaker after a long time, and you will be bored at work, so feed it at night.

Source: Ming Dynasty's anonymous "Zengguang Xianwen": "People are not rich without windfall, and horses are not fat without night grass."

The original intention is that people should be good at seizing opportunities to succeed, and horses should be fed at night to grow strong. However, with the evolution, it has gradually become an excuse for villains to kill and rob money in film and television costume dramas.

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Synonymous phrase

People can't be rich without windfall.

Explanation: refers to people who can't get rich without foreign funds.

Full sentence: people are not rich without windfall, and horses are not fat without night grass.

Meaning: Get unexpected gains through improper channels, which means trying to drop a pie from the sky without your own efforts.

From: Augmented Sage, China, a collection of proverbs and sayings from ancient times to the present. Later, it was changed to this appearance after the continuous supplement of literati in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was called "adding glory to the text" in history, commonly known as "adding glory to the text".

Example: People without windfall and wealth refer to the importance of sideline in modern times.