God sends meat and the devil sends cooks

God provides positive and useful things, but the devil only provides inferior things. Why "cooks" has a negative connotation is not clear; it's possible the cooks represent the notion of human folly corrupting God's perfect offerings (i.e. preparing the meat poorly and ruining it). I'm used to taking the good with the bad. After all, God sends meat and the devil sends cooks, right?

See also: and, cook, devil, god, meat, send

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

being
a ton of (people or things)
by all appearances
DAT
after the dust has settled
after the dust settles
as things stand
all things considered
go badly with
go badly with (someone or something)

词组	God sends meat and the devil sends cooks
释义	God sends meat and the devil sends cooks God sends meat and the devil sends cooks God provides positive and useful things, but the devil only provides inferior things. Why "cooks" has a negative connotation is not clear; it's possible the cooks represent the notion of human folly corrupting God's perfect offerings (i.e. preparing the meat poorly and ruining it). I'm used to taking the good with the bad. After all, God sends meat and the devil sends cooks, right? See also: and, cook, devil, god, meat, send Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: being a ton of (people or things) by all appearances DAT after the dust has settled after the dust settles as things stand all things considered go badly with go badly with (someone or something)
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