sow dragon's teeth

动词 v.
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动词 v.
  1. To perform an action that inadvertently leads to trouble. idiomatic
    — The dragon's teeth are sown, Baby Charles; I pray God they bearna their armed harvest in your day, if I suld^([sic]) not live to see it. God forbid I should, for there will be an awful day's kemping at the shearing of them.
  2. To perform an action that is intended to prevent trouble, but which may actually bring it about. idiomatic

词形变化

sows dragon's teeth present,singular,third-person sowing dragon's teeth participle,present sowed dragon's teeth past sown dragon's teeth participle,past sowed dragon's teeth participle,past

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词源

Derives from the ancient Greek myth where Jason sowed the teeth of a dragon into a field, from which they sprouted into an army of warriors.
See also Ancient Greek ὀδόντες (του) δρᾰ́κοντος (odóntes (tou) drắkontos, “dragon's teeth”) and Σπαρτοί (Spartoí, “sown [men]”) from σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”).⁽ʷᵖ⁾
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