idiom > Eschew Mutton Empty mess The whole body rank odor (of sheep or goats)
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Do not eat mutton empty mess with a smell of mutton
  Explanation: Lamb eaten on, and have actually soiled with a gas smell of mutton sheep. Metaphor did something not groan advantage, bad name
  Source: Qing Li Baojia "Bureaucrats" 17th back: "do not eat lamb confused air provoke a smell of mutton, which is to bad-known."
No. 2
  Lamb eaten on, and have actually soiled with a gas smell of mutton sheep. Metaphor did not groan something good, anti-bad reputation attracted trouble.
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No. 3
  发 音 bù chī yáng ròu kōng rě yī shēn shān
  释 义 羊肉没吃上,反倒沾了一身羊膻气。比喻干了某事没捞到好处,反坏了名声惹来了麻烦。
  出 处 清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第十七回:“弄得不吃羊肉空惹一身膻,那是要坏名气的!”
成语词典
  成语名称
  不吃羊肉空惹一身膻
  汉语拼音
  bù chī yáng ròu kōng rě yī shēn shān
  成语释义
  羊肉没吃上,反倒沾了一身羊膻气。比喻干了某事没捞到好处,反坏了名声惹来了麻烦。
  成语出处
  清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第十七回:“弄得不吃羊肉空惹一身膻,那是要坏名气的。”
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