TA的每日心情 | 擦汗 2017-7-14 01:50 |
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签到天数: 147 天 [LV.7]常住居民III
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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .6 f2 ]5 a( ^2 R: E: P
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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.# B, V4 I& p8 w# A
& ?8 D: \# P f/ C; P; C6 `" x 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
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挂羊头卖狗肉( Z8 o* L! t6 V2 |
! u6 ]4 J: G1 f2 t k Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.. T! M+ X0 R- ~8 u1 Q/ Y
( ?- t" d$ I4 r- H9 b: d Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.8 p; s, P; s1 {6 S
7 _3 Y0 M" x' h, [1 a+ u& G5 S 3. All is over but the shouting.
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大势已去
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7 l7 v8 y; n9 s; U7 }8 P3 [+ G 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.' V2 J, I# i; e: i) w2 C1 ]7 t' D6 N
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4. All lay load on the willing horse. / F& f' S. e; Y$ f
6 F0 X' V5 H/ K' f, n# k 人善被人欺,马善被人骑. s) ?0 F1 ]+ F" y; l
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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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" N$ i' x: } C+ @6 D5 E 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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7 L7 ]& E% U: i/ r1 o0 D( W 小不忍则乱大谋% d1 M+ I& F! ]% X n
3 _1 s' c8 m% c! z Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
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5 I: n6 Q" c! X4 d1 t& d* o2 g 6. As poor as a church mouse
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8 A3 Z8 t8 p! u& p, u2 {1 U& r 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., t/ I- V. C, W/ |( B
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Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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7. A word spoken is past recalling.3 l- x& u) R5 I. K
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& z- L& S( W9 f- Q Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.7 @7 p, O; t+ Y8 i+ w& O7 s, w
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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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; {# e @- r2 n- e+ R0 w8. World is but a little place, after all. 5 w5 p, j! y! n$ S/ R
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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.7 N4 h7 F2 j% U0 U# A
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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.4 ^0 q* L3 Z) |, \; i
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9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.' i2 o: \. ^: [' R9 o& d
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; m' O5 [2 {/ a, I6 g 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.5 H8 y" }! B" s/ j2 M
; i( U* _% }$ K: D6 b9 p 失之东隅,收之桑榆2 R; H8 ^% y4 R4 @9 _
& J) {6 {% K& ^- ` 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.$ ]1 ?4 v) S: s* W. y* V9 ^
1 z) l7 `7 w) c& ~$ m 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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