As the saying goes, "heroes stink at their feet, but heroes fart more." Why did our ancestors say that?

China's culture is profound and reasonable. But some proverbs are easy to make jokes if they are interpreted literally. In reality, a hero's feet don't necessarily stink, and a hero doesn't necessarily love to fart. So why did the ancients leave such a proverb?

Heroes stink at their feet, but heroes fart more. This kind of intertextual proverbs often tell the same truth, or have opposite meanings, in order to form a sharp contrast. In this proverb, the former expression is obviously adopted.

Nothing is absolute, but some literally forced answers are also reasonable. If we want to explain it literally, we must find out the reason why heroes have smelly feet and a lot of fart. In this way, it is natural to fall into? Forced explanation? In the mud.

Heroes, mostly martial arts practitioners, often walk in rivers and lakes, naturally sweating easily, leading to smelly feet; A hero, strong and rude, eats like a pig, which will inevitably affect the intestines and fart naturally. An explanation like this is quite reasonable, but if we just stay at this level, it will be a bit too superficial. In addition, as mentioned above, heroes don't necessarily have smelly feet, and heroes don't necessarily love to fart.

In fact, this proverb left by the ancients is a mockery and a metaphor for the meaning that no one is perfect. Heroes stink at their feet, but heroes fart more. This proverb is rarely used now, because smelly feet and farting are not only indecent, but also do not conform to the modern sanitary environment. However, this proverb was once quite common.

Generally speaking, this proverb can be used to describe yourself and each other, which has both the meaning of ridicule and the function of resolving embarrassment.

For example, for a person with a strong sense of humor, when he takes off his shoes or farts, he often uses it to solve his embarrassment. Hero's feet stink, hero's fart is much? Forgive. Similarly, when the other party is in this embarrassing situation, others can also use this proverb on him to solve the other party's embarrassment in a humorous way.

Therefore, it is logical to say that heroes have smelly feet and many farts, but the more important metaphor is that people are not perfect, can not be perfect, and there is no need to be too rigid in details.

However, it is worth mentioning that even though the ancients emphasized that some details should not be too true, in real life, we still need to exercise self-restraint and pay attention to our words and deeds. For example, it is obviously an uncivilized practice to take off your shoes in public.