出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第84页(207字)
指人类具有情感,不像木和石全无知觉,例他的处境如此可怜,人非木石,我怎能不给予一臂之助呢?
I am not made of wood after all,and seeing him in such a terrible plight,how can I not want to give him a hand?