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.9 B: V; s4 W3 m: g$ N/ G
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2 H3 T8 d1 `' n% V' ` 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
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挂羊头卖狗肉
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% V3 X4 B4 ~. n% S3 U! D: X, ` Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.
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& a# J( J6 E4 A+ g$ x0 f% Z4 F8 J Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar., G6 ?1 U# e2 n1 U4 j
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3. All is over but the shouting.
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Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.; L5 v1 V- M5 l
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Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting." ~2 J! l# M9 A4 R3 J- c) q
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, r! [1 s/ |+ c8 ^2 M! C 人善被人欺,马善被人骑7 f g5 Y7 @! O& ^" j: B6 A4 m: \
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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.
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8 P5 ]. O0 G! M 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.
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5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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* e$ u; m+ E% U Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.7 A3 n* X3 c* |+ h2 h. o
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Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.. `& f6 l) R6 q6 O5 }, x
5 Y; Q% Z9 s+ C' j% C% F# q 6. As poor as a church mouse , V8 s4 t% X/ ]
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! V1 a: k- d3 i" \' X; ` Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.
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* k6 M7 J2 H+ t/ [/ Z% z& w7 r Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.5 F" M8 Y$ k. `$ a, `: o
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Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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/ V% r) N2 }" y! `$ ` 7. A word spoken is past recalling.6 c& k9 n) H- d5 c% G
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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.* B& b% ^9 e6 T9 U0 q+ @5 _& u
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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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W, E. o, Q% `; P, T t% q. V8. World is but a little place, after all.
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天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君0 C/ D/ P' Y3 G; k# T5 }7 c, m- Q
3 ]/ J' I5 C: @. g# n% _9 q1 ~+ 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.
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4 l9 `. r# Z4 n3 k7 E 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.: d" ?( W- D( A) g: r$ b7 F
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9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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* g( t6 [' C* [) @% h5 B4 Y Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. 7 h3 J' s$ o7 j4 X+ z* V
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/ O. k z! B. f1 L$ @0 { 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
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9 P# X) ^# t& |5 o* y. m 失之东隅,收之桑榆
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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.9 b1 R: r/ Q- N3 S7 \, S; \" Y
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Example: he may always possess merits which make up for everything; if he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. |
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