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why keep a dog and bark yourself
Proverb
colloquial
rhetoric
Japanese Meaning
自分が依頼した仕事をわざわざ自ら行うのは無駄である。 / 他人に任せた仕事を自分でやってしまうのは不合理である。 / 既に頼んだのに、わざわざ自分で手を加えるべきではない。
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(rhetorical question, colloquial) One should not do something that one has hired someone else to do.
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why keep a dog and bark yourself
When my assistant offered to handle the client call, I thought, 'why keep a dog and bark yourself'—there was no point in doing what I'd already delegated.
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When my assistant offered to handle the client call, I thought, 'why keep a dog and bark yourself'—there was no point in doing what I'd already delegated.
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