嗟来之食. The story about this idiom 齐大饥，黔敖为食于路，以待饿者而食之。有饿者，蒙袂辑履，贸贸然来。黔敖左奉食，右执饮，曰：“嗟！来食！”扬其目而视之，曰：“予唯不食嗟来之食，以至于斯也！”从而谢焉，终不食而死。曾子闻之，曰：“微与！其嗟也，可去，其谢也，可食。” ——-选自《礼记·檀弓下》 A famine broke forth in Qi State. Qian Ao,
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