Taizhou dialect joke

Bruising at one end and wiping at the other. Do you know what this means?

Bruising at one end and wiping at the other.

Bruising at one end and wiping at the other. When you walk in rainy days, your feet will slip and you will trip. At this point, the light is a stumble, and the heavy is a fall. Either sit heavily on the ground, or land on all fours and "lean back".

People in northern Anhui say it's not just about feet. Something slipped from somewhere, or it may have tripped. It's like carrying a load. The rope tied to one end of the pole was too loose and slipped during handling, giving the bearer a cold shoulder. This is a "blow to the head."

Wipe, from the hand, sound m m:. It means cleaning, such as cleaning the table. It also means to put down, "wipe it off." When carrying a pole, the rope at one end will slide outward and fall off the pole because of the different weights at both ends. It's called "a touch". This is synonymous with the state of "falling headlong".

The shoulder pole straddles the shoulder and is tied with heavy objects at both ends. In the past, carrying loads was a common agricultural activity of Huaiying people and an important means of transportation for them. Picking crops to the threshing floor, picking goods to the market, or picking goods from the market to take home are all common scenery on the road.

There are also cases where one end is smashed and the other end is rubbed. Often "one end is smashed", and the pole at this end will be lifted instantly; The other end will go down, resulting in "one end rubbing". These are all the works of an inexperienced teenager. He doesn't know how to control the rope at both ends with two hands, and he won't look for the right joint between the pole and the shoulder. Therefore, the embarrassment of "one end being smashed and the other being wiped" is inevitable.

However, as the saying goes, "one stumbles and the other wipes his ass", which leaves the metaphorical business of carrying the burden. Its meaning is similar to "losing the wife and losing the soldiers", which means that both ends are not good and both things are screwed up.

Once upon a time, most people in rural areas in northern Anhui stopped studying for their children. After I graduated from primary school or junior high school, I finished my work and went home to farm. They jokingly call it "repairing the earth" or "going to an agricultural university". Why not invest heavily in training, concentrate on key points and get into a prestigious school? The family is poor and can't afford it. This is one reason. More importantly, they have a worry: they will study hard, and eventually their studies will be unsuccessful, and their farm work will be delayed, and nothing will happen. This is a typical "one end is smashed and the other end is wiped". Such children, as adults, "can't be high or low", or "can't carry a burden on their shoulders and a basket in their hands", will be abolished for life.

In other things, there will also be cases where one end is smashed and the other end is wiped. The original idea was good, but it didn't come true because of accidents or carelessness. If this end screws up, the other end will fail.

Pick a burden, "stumble at one end and wipe at the other", which is both delaying things and making people laugh. It is not only troublesome to do things, but also a big mistake. Therefore, people in northern Anhui try to avoid the situation of "stumbling at one end and wiping at the other" no matter whether they carry the burden or do things.