Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 18:16

התם צבתא דחרש קא גרים הכא לא צבתא דחרש קא גרים

— Still, the ox may have been chained and the pit covered and the fire likewise in a coal, yet your contention, 'Why should we make a difference between the one and the other?' could be answered thus: An ox is in the habit of loosening itself; so also a pit is in the nature of getting uncovered; but a hot coal, the longer you leave it alone, the more it will get cooler and cooler. According to R. Johanan, however, who said<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 59b. ');">¹¹</span>

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