"Wine does not intoxicate people, but people get drunk on themselves" means that they drink wine to the point of self-indulgence.
Wine does not intoxicate people, but people get drunk on themselves. It is our modern vernacular translation, and the source of this sentence comes from Shi Nai-an "Water Margin," the fourth time: wine in the sages and saints to get people to pass on, people negative state family because of the wine overthrow. There is a common saying that wine does not make people drunk.
In the fox edge full biography is also recorded -
Qing - drunken moon mountain man
Tea is also drunken people do not need wine,
Books from the fragrance of me do not need flowers.
Wine does not intoxicate people,
Flowers do not fascinate people.
The heart is as white as snow,
and the fragrance of plum blossoms is also clear.
The former Ronsha is today's hate,
The jade is like a wish to be close to each other.
This poem reflects the helplessness of life and the reality of society to a certain extent, and it is a good line that many people like to quote.
Expanded Information:
< p>成语造句：钱钟书《围城》："Wine doesn't intoxicate people, color doesn't fascinate people, today it's fate to meet, tomorrow you go east and I go west."
Idiomatic usage: as object, determiner; used for self-deprecation
Positive and negative analysis: a neutral idiom
Near synonyms: Flowers don't fascinate people, people are obsessed with themselves
English translation: If you get drunk, it is your own fault and not that of the wine. p> Reference: