"A fool and his money are soon parted" nghĩa là gì?

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'A fool and his money are soon parted' có từ fool là người xuẩn ngốc và part là chia tay, từ biệt; vì thế 'A fool and his money are soon parted' là người khờ dại thường tiêu tiền hoang phí mà không suy nghĩ thấu đáo (tiền đội nón ra đi).

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Gianni relishes his extravagant lifestyle - but then a fool and his money are soon parted.
After all, a fool and his money are soon parted, and the victims of these scams have brought financial misfortune on themselves, isn't that right?
Absent government-imposed distortions, a fool and his money are soon parted.

Better to learn young that the world is not to be taken at face value. Better to be a little skeptical. Better to learn in childhood to live by a few old saws, even though they be of dubious validity. Somebody who learns at age 6 that ''A fool and his money are soon parted'' has a chance, for better or worse, of growing up to be another Joseph P. Kennedy, who, when asked what made him take his vast winnings out of the stock market before the crash of 1929, replied, ''Only a fool holds out for top dollar.'' (NYTimes, 4/1989)


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