| 词汇 | make a spoon or spoil a horn |
| 释义 | make a spoon or spoil a hornTo do whatever it takes to achieve or accomplish something, even if it ruins something as a result. An allusion to the former use of cattle horns for making cutlery. I knew the boy would be a valuable asset to us, the type who would make a spoon or spoil a horn. She was bound and determined to use her family's fortune to create an organization that served the poorest in society, and she was willing to make a spoon or spoil a horn trying to do it. make a spoon or spoil a hornmake a determined effort to achieve something, whatever the cost.This phrase alludes to the former practice of making spoons out of the horns of cattle or sheep. |
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