When December 31 comes around, they go to their friends' houses and throw the dishes at the doors.

到了十二月三十一日，他们就会到朋友家，拿旧盘子往门口砸。

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I'll now disguise myself and go around to the houses begging. If anybody gives me meat, I'll make a red mark on the front door, and your guards can go and arrest the thieves.

我也化装成一个乞丐，挨家挨户去乞讨，谁给我肉吃，我就在他家的门上划一个红色标记，这样侍卫就能抓到他。

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One implication of the pie metaphor is that wealth is a zero-sum game: there is a fixed amount of houses, cars, medicines, etc. to go around, and the more Steve Jobs gets the less is left for the rest of us.

FORBES: When It Comes to Wealth Creation, There Is No Pie