“Burn not your house to fright the mouse away” nghĩa là gì?

“Burn not your house to fright the mouse away” = đừng có đốt nhà đuổi chuột -> nghĩa là không nên dùng các biện pháp quá quyết liệt đối với vấn đề nhỏ nhoi/cỏn con; đừng 'giết gà dùng dao mổ trâu'.

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If you're terrified of mice, you're not alone. And for good reason. “Burn not your house to fright the mouse away,” goes an oft-quoted proverb. But seriously, if the mouse is terrorizing you.

Burn not your house to fright the mouse away. Deadmau5 and the Walt Disney Corporation have settled a legal dispute that has lasted almost a year over the “trademark” mouse head that Deadmau5 wears on stage. Not such a trademark as it turns out … yet. The Canadian electronic dance music DJ – real name Joel Zimmerman – had sought to register the shape of his headwear with the US patent and trademark office for use on other merchandise such as “electronic equipment, entertainment services, BMX bikes”.

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