In its independence, the Ukraine is seeking to buy grain abroad but lacks the hard currency that the center once monopolized; it is resorting to asking hard-currency loans from local enterprises with favorable balances, playing grasshopper to the ant.

• 现已独立的乌克兰欲向国外购粮，但是缺乏硬通货－以前由中央专管。现向有盈余的地方企业借贷硬通货，如同蚱蜢向蚂蚁借粮，自讨没趣。