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.
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6 ~ T! o- A) g, K5 }+ { o 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.' B9 a5 H. ~+ V; ]- R" O7 f: {
9 Q, u+ ?, U. { 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
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Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.! @) B% P4 y1 B
4 C! X4 d8 y Q* w. I! k0 a2 c Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.7 _$ A. v/ G0 W5 K& S7 B
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3. All is over but the shouting.( `0 t+ e( X- C$ L5 A7 p! m3 N
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Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.
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: i- |3 t9 y: S0 `& m. y6 Z Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.9 @* ~% S; k: H7 W1 v7 |
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4. All lay load on the willing horse.
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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.6 k' R/ c6 M" G' r
1 z# b7 y( p Y q3 ^% X( n" l% d7 [ 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.) x6 J, { [0 |+ g7 j( R
1 ]" S: c! h4 z/ D8 X$ B, {6 [ 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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小不忍则乱大谋
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Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
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Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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6. As poor as a church mouse
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Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.
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Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. " _' o6 f& w& i$ n8 p7 q$ Q
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Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.* }* x1 P" g1 g3 G
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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.* b2 z* R3 V# k2 w1 ^8 z) v
/ K( A* K9 o6 O9 C! P8. World is but a little place, after all.
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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.* [& }3 \" O. N" \) G' i
* M3 E6 R, i6 R5 k1 C5 {2 y' ? 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.
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5 \* L! {+ ^) [+ _ 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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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.7 r) ?: _; C8 v! |+ a4 }' f5 n
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10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. e8 y: g; ]$ G* F
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% w# a& W. Z2 X2 h& c3 r" t1 O 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.3 W$ t( t$ ^; k- A7 c+ g4 U* [
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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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