一个人接到亲友送来的两只活鸡,怕它们跑掉,就用一根绳子,一头拴一只鸡的左腿,一头拴另一只鸡的右腿。这样,两只鸡一只向右跑,一只向左跑,结果只能在原地绕圈挣扎,哪个也跑不了,互相牵制着。这正应了一句俗语:一根绳拴两个蚂蚱,跑不了你也跑不了我。如果两只鸡能步调一致,向着同一个方向跑,就可以轻易地逃走。 One of them received two live chickens from relatives and friends for fear that they would run away. They would use a rope tied to the left leg of a chicken and to the right leg of another chicken. In this way, one of the two chickens runs to the right and one runs to the left, with the result that they can only struggle around the place and where they can not run and hold each other. This is a common saying: a rope tethered two grasshoppers, can not run you can not run me. If two chickens can pace in the same direction, they can easily escape.