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词组 cast your bread upon the waters
释义
idiomcast your bread upon the watersto take a risk without expecting to get any advantage from it:Meeting Felicity here was a surprise; he'd cast his bread upon the waters, and now it was coming back to him.
Note This idiom comes from a line in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible.

cast (one's) bread upon the waters

Do good deeds without being motivated by a potential reward. Maia left her high-powered accounting job to cast her bread upon the waters and care for her mother.

cast your bread upon the waters

LITERARY
If you cast your bread upon the waters, you do something good or take a risk, usually without expecting very much in return. You should make time to offer assistance to anyone who needs it. It's a case of casting your bread upon the waters — who knows how the favour will be repaid? Note: This is from the Bible: `Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.' (Ecclesiastes 11:1)

cast your bread upon the waters

do good without expecting gratitude or immediate reward.
This expression comes from Ecclesiastes 11:1: ‘Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days’.
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