In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
为恶人服务，不求回报，心存感激，如果你不因痛苦而受伤的话。
A Wolf who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: "Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf."
一只狼被一根骨头卡在喉咙里，雇了一只鹭鸶，用一大笔钱把她的头放进嘴里，拔出骨头。当鹭鸶拔出骨头，要求答应付款时，狼咧嘴笑着，咬牙切齿地说：“为什么，你已经得到了足够的补偿了，从狼的嘴巴里安全地拔出le 你的头。