双语常用典故： Let the dead bury their dead 比喻割舍旧情，抛弃往事出自《新约·马太福音》。

（原文）And another of disciples said unto him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my fathers. But Jesus said unto him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

又有一个门徒对耶稣说,主阿,容我先回去埋葬我的父亲。耶稣说,任凭死人埋葬他们的死人,你跟从我罢