打狗看主面（谚）指要打狗，还得顾及主人的脸面。比喻惩处下人，必须看在主子的面上，手下留情。 打狗看主面谚要打狗，还得顾及主人的脸面。比喻惩处下人，必须看在主子的面上，手下留情。明·沈璟《义侠记》二七出：“〔丑〕打狗看主面。〔净〕正是不思打狗看主面，说我妖狐弄鬼头。团练故人先打了，都监渐渐也担忧。” 打狗看主面dǎ gǒu kàn zhǔ miànlove me love my dog
❍ ～。他反正不想多和朱延年往来了，但是，还有徐义德哩，他可是台面上的人物啊。(周而复《上海的早晨》 Ⅰ—479) Nevertheless，“love me love my dog”：although he had no desire to have anything more to do with Zhu Yannian,it would not do to forget the existence of Xu Yide,who really was a force to be reckoned with. 打狗看主面da gou kan zhu mian【方言】before you beat a dog,find out who’s its master |