TA的每日心情 | 擦汗 2017-7-14 01:50 |
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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .
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雨后送伞
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Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.8 u8 P: a1 H+ R; Y6 O
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Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had a promise of money for my fare. It was a case of after death, the doctor.0 a! S% c2 v' V: c7 m: f8 K
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2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar., Z1 A1 u3 C0 U. Y
+ m! c! o7 z" G5 A3 | 挂羊头卖狗肉
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Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.+ \" U$ Y, O" t
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Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.
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3. All is over but the shouting.1 K1 q! @1 A' H" B6 v5 S u( d
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大势已去8 ~! ~1 K; p7 b& g" `
: G* p+ U- ^7 ~ Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.
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Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting." a" `/ Q! I. p" D
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* F# t! g9 R1 b( X# n 人善被人欺,马善被人骑
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Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him.7 r) o- z$ f* W" C1 X5 E* J0 R
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Examples: the trouble is you’re too good-natured and people take advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will have to learn to refuse people who ask too much.5 P& N2 M# B \9 W& a5 L
% p$ r6 s8 C0 B 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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小不忍则乱大谋- j5 f$ b6 M5 ?
+ W8 s$ ^: a& \/ @ Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.% `" _- {' Z0 ]: k
7 l% i& Y5 ?$ v" o/ o# B1 o Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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一贫如洗
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Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.
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0 \$ | K% t% @% w$ Q Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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" W S! `* v/ ?8 G$ G0 [8 N2 P Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 7 G" b# a+ S' A6 I# m
% v* Q2 Z! x: ]7 T 7. A word spoken is past recalling.& B3 S- n" k+ G; K8 i4 Q3 M
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一言既出,驷马难追
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Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.( w/ G4 q9 b. v0 _
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Example: for the rest of his life he regretted what he had said, but a word spoken is past recalling and he knew he could never repair the damage of that moment of harshness.1 L; ?$ H% K; F5 Z3 z
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8. World is but a little place, after all.
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天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君
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! Y# y" L, v% M Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.6 _* C; I7 `7 v2 z( M, F
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Example: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.. b X) r# z! L9 f5 P
+ W: `9 g+ s: R Y: O6 k& R 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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& E" `/ \: ~0 n' e" n& K' w 入乡随俗
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Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. 3 j% E9 e3 Y% J& E* h3 Z- m8 A7 k
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失之东隅,收之桑榆; y/ |( v) v# f- ~) |
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Explanation: a rough way of starting a law of average; if you have bad luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed.
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