東 (east) 問 (ask) 西 (west) 答 (answer)or 問東答西, 問 (ask) 東 (east) 答 (answer) 西 (west)
"...that after eight weeks of induction into the elements of Political Economy, she had only yesterday been set right by a prattler three feet high, for returning to the question, ‘What is the first principle of this science?’ the absurd answer, ‘To do unto others as I would that they should do unto me.’" -from Hard Times by Charles Dickens
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"If the shareholders of The New York Times ever wonder why the paper's ad revenue is plummeting and its share price tanking, they need look no further than the hysterical reaction of the paper's editors to any slight, real or imagined, against their preferred candidate." -John McCain's spokesperson
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What did the dead man walking tell himself?
Go west, young man.
Now, it wasn't a 東問西答, was it.
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