汉英词典
MEANING OF 强扭的瓜不甜
强扭的瓜不甜
(強扭的瓜不甜)
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
喻条件不成熟而勉强去做，往往不会有满意的结果。
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的确，-强扭的瓜不甜。 Indeed, the melon-twisting is not sweet. | ||
强扭的瓜不甜（牵马到河边易，逼马去饮水难。） You can take a horse to water but you cannot make it drink. | ||
他个性要强，何况强扭的瓜不甜。既然过不到一起，他就决定独自带着9岁的儿子另起炉灶。 He was a strong-minded man and knew that Love cannot be forced, so as he was not on good terms with his wife and had to live separately together with his 9-year-old son. | ||
