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单词 the dogs bark but the caravan moves on
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the dogs bark but the caravan moves on
f. the dogs bark but the caravan moves on and variants: suggesting that someone or something is impervious to protest or criticism. [In quot. 1860 after Hindi musāfir calā jātā hai, kuṭṭe bhuṅkte rahte haĩ, lit. ‘the traveller has moved on, the dogs remain barking’, probably itself after a Persian or Arabic model. In later use after Persian sag lāyad va kāravān guẕarad (and variants), lit. ‘the dog barks and (or but) the caravan passes by’ and its Arabic model tanbaḥ al-kilāb wa-tasīr al-qāfila (and variants), lit. ‘the dogs bark and the caravan moves on’.]
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1860 I. Dass Domest. Manners & Customs Hindoos N. India xvi. 219 Dogs bark but the traveller quietly goes on his way, without minding them. They say so, when a person seeks occasion to quarrel with some one, but does not succeed.
1891 J. L. Kipling Beast & Man in India ix. 252 Though the dog may bark the caravan..moves on.
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xxxviii. 679 Did you ever hear the Oriental proverb: ‘The dogs bark but the caravan passes on’? Let them bark, Scarlett. I fear nothing will stop your caravan.
1975 Chicago Tribune 26 Oct. h21/3 Most of it comes from people who don't know me. They hear things, they spread them. You know how I look at it? ‘The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.’
2005 Times (Nexis) 18 June (Features section) 72 I should not get into an argument with them about their perceived disapproval of your living arrangements... The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.
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