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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6 G' K8 L, ^! B7 K# n' J 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.
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7 k, I' \* m' f; f# @ 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.) M, j M) g2 C. A& [5 T }1 a
0 C y0 y6 D/ q# X 挂羊头卖狗肉
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( |! ]$ b% s+ f( O8 \5 g; k Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.$ A* |2 U8 C# F. g, G: H7 T9 I2 v
0 [; t+ h" P6 U, h Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.: m f0 S# h+ s; {
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3. All is over but the shouting.6 Q- b* F8 R0 @( p& v1 x8 h' o6 F
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! w9 G" k. O2 g- T Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.6 t' m8 ?7 l$ w- z" t
! ~4 n9 R; ]+ ?; y+ Q/ S Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.: w3 ^ W9 H: P l4 r
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4. All lay load on the willing horse.
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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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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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2 D4 Z6 B, v. s9 }' f; A) _: d) x 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.6 t/ @/ x9 p' P& }* P& z
0 m/ t* K, `* x 小不忍则乱大谋! V3 _$ l8 D: R5 W
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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./ p; Y2 y# b w
7 H5 x2 g/ S8 T, o 6. As poor as a church mouse
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9 n0 V2 h% y7 Y2 Q9 ?$ N5 T 一贫如洗
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4 a' F2 B6 J$ F7 O 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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/ F; K; f2 L/ g. v# m Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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7. A word spoken is past recalling.: S% J( w* |9 _' d. C- w; F
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一言既出,驷马难追
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) I7 |! P. m& h' g6 p) y0 f# ` Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
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- C4 q( s* k R+ x( u8 g# _ 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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7 U2 H6 T7 V. A3 L( f. F6 ?9 Z9 O8. 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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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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/ I& `) X) ^4 s, u* Q3 b5 D/ w& 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.1 L: R s B1 ^% E# M! X3 R) k
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9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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入乡随俗
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# ~ f4 q+ [8 a Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
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V1 \7 {6 H, B 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.0 o" q k6 T, j& t% U. I3 Y
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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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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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