金棒
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Meanings
- metal rod, metal bar, iron rod, crowbar
- iron club, iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
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The phrase 'giving a metal club to a demon' means that someone already strong becomes even stronger.
The night watchman patrolled while holding an iron staff with rings.
She is good at languages and on top of that has courage, so she is unstoppable — like giving a demon a metal club.
According to an old legend, the military commander is said to have swung an iron club to defeat his enemies.
Adding practical field experience to his doctoral degree is truly a case of giving a demon a metal club — making him all the more formidable.
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