Traduction :
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
Référence :
开门请强盗进来。比喻引进坏人,招来祸患。
Origine :
《三国志·吴志·吴主传》:“况今奸宄竞逐,豺狼满道,乃欲哀亲戚,顾礼制,是犹开门而揖盗,未可以为仁也。”
Exemple :
失守城池,要按军法;况又有禀帖到杨太守差我保守,我是你徒弟,~,岂不是私通叛寇?(清·陈忱《水浒后传》第三回)
Annotation :
开门揖盗1
1. kāiményīdào :
[EN] leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand