dance with the one that brought you

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dance with the one that brought you

(主要用於美國和加拿大) 對一直支持你、關注你或幫助你的人要體貼和忠誠。字面意思為「與帶你來的人共舞」。
- 1986, Cooperative Farmer, Vols 42-43, p. 77. (Google snippet view):
  "I have had people say, 『Oh, the landscaping business is doing OK. So, you're going to get out of tobacco farming.』 No! I would like to see my landscaping business grow. But, without the cash flow from the farm, I would not have been able to start the landscaping operation," the Bunn, N.C., farmer stresses. "As they say, you dance with the one that brought you."
  「有人對我說，『哦，景觀設計業務做得不錯。所以，你要退出煙草種植業了。』不! 我希望看到我的景觀設計業務增長。但是，如果沒有農場的現金流，我就無法開始景觀設計業務，」這位北卡羅來納州布恩鎮的農民強調說。「正如他們所說，你要與帶你來的人共舞。」
- 2000-10-18, Thomas Boswell, "Unlike the Boss, Torre Recognizes the Right Stuff," Washington Post:
  Sometimes you have to dance with the one that brought you. And, ever since he won a crucial Game Four in Cleveland on 16 days rest in the 1998 ALCS, Torre has trusted Hernandez more than any of his starters.
  有時你必須與帶你來的人共舞。而且，自從他在1998年美國東部決賽中休息16天在克利夫蘭贏得一場關鍵的第四場比賽後，托雷對埃爾南德斯的信任超過了他的任何一個先發球員。
- 2014-02-17, John E. Sununu, "Keeping Obama at arm’s length," Boston Globe:
  Obama’s approval ratings have fallen below 40 percent. 「Dance with the one that brought you,」 the saying goes, but when you are a Senate Democrat stuck with the wrong prom date, there’s only one thing to do: hide in the bathroom.
  歐巴馬的支持率已經降到了40%以下。俗話說：「與帶你來的人共舞」，但如果你是一個參議院民主黨人，在舞會上被錯誤的舞伴纏住時，只有一件事可以做：躲進廁所。
- 2016-04-30, James Allan, "Leaving the dance with the one who brought you," Spectator (UK):
  I mention this Canadian Conservative Prime Minister because he coined the political adage 『you dance with the one that brought you』. In less colourful terms Mulroney meant that a Prime Minister should 『never, ever ignore his party’s base’.
  我提到這位加拿大保守黨總理，是因為他創造了這句政治諺語：「你要與帶來你的人共舞」。用不太花哨的語言來說，馬爾羅尼的意思是，一個總理應該「永遠、永遠不要忽視他所在政黨的基礎」。

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