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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( ]4 T4 q6 H/ S% T2 ~% K- I 雨后送伞
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Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.
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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.+ s) l4 Q5 b; x
6 `0 A: |. Y" y+ a( M% r0 W0 q 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
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3 b- h8 ]0 x6 {8 r$ P5 I4 Q3 V" j5 p Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.& O% b4 o& }. j* k" |& t
: D" s; m% L, I1 ~' f; _$ D Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.6 O" \% A& D$ S: @0 l9 K% [1 T( S
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3. All is over but the shouting.
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" {9 n+ w* E" B+ ]7 k Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.
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1 v H* [# ]2 ]) ^- Z Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.! G. E$ X+ \; ^
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4. All lay load on the willing horse. 7 K; e- ?4 H4 c
3 J% {) U7 j" H 人善被人欺,马善被人骑! _% S Z& o5 y7 I& W1 B
6 c6 {& g5 l& \5 S$ k; l' F Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him.5 [" T3 i: D( Z
1 t4 ?# Z6 i3 e: ]& J 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.) _& M: K* M4 K! ]
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5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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小不忍则乱大谋
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3 H) ]# s: K1 @3 v, H/ I Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.' r* L! p# y% S8 i" M
5 j4 n+ I$ h, }" g! T7 ^7 u' x, T Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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5 B! {2 a- ?1 N( s' z* k1 _ 6. As poor as a church mouse
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Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.5 [' u- v& o. Z: J3 x0 A+ [
2 X: I8 }' F) D% b5 ?- a; d$ }$ ? Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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]: ?+ U$ A6 F, @, Q! r Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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7. A word spoken is past recalling.
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' w3 t' O, u( S. ~9 L' g1 c 一言既出,驷马难追
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Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
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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.
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`9 d0 b. a* r) a6 ]; L* J! l, F8. World is but a little place, after all. * S6 y4 r& a3 a" F
9 @/ y& W) ^, {2 r 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君) s+ c% Z$ J L1 _& M/ I8 B: G
# \/ P8 T$ B) Q! x: \. H- A 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.
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7 N4 ~; ?" K9 B" b4 O, g5 }6 P 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.1 \2 K) h1 b- \6 x
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9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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, C# r; k5 I6 G. y 入乡随俗
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Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
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Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.
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10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.) Q; j; u, y ~8 i, F$ n* ~' O1 c
+ S- M3 q4 c6 U- J 失之东隅,收之桑榆3 j+ }4 f& b9 z
9 \+ O8 J' ]2 g- l! t 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.+ ~6 \# S& j* a
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