“Sicut qui apprehendit auribus canem, sic qui transit impatiens et commiscetur rixæ alterius.”
“He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. meddleth: or, is enraged”
“Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.”
“Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.”
“He that passeth by, and vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.”
Anger. Hebrew, “passeth by, and meddleth with a quarrel not to him” pertaining. (Haydock) — Such expose themselves foolishly to danger. Great discretion is requisite to reconcile those at variance.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.