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Dutchman

Posted on: Eating Idioms, Part 1
February 14, 2011 at 9:05 AM

靠山吃山,靠水吃水 is also a nice expression, meaning: to exploit one's position, to find one's niche. Literally it means of course: "He who depends on a mountain eats from a mountain, he who depends on water eats from the water."

Greetings from Holland (荷兰)