manure
意味
- 肥料,こやし
- 〈土地〉に肥料をやる
例文
Knowledge is like manure, it's only good when spread.
知識というものは肥料と同じで、広まってこそ良いのである。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes.