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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .$ f9 B. [6 V- C M8 G
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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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+ ~% Q/ E# w6 Y2 I 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.- I( Q# X/ b3 v- b1 D* T
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2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.2 c* V0 {1 y- N2 h
6 k. I% c' u9 u, m+ u9 M 挂羊头卖狗肉0 G6 G: N& o2 ~) E: t" W
7 z, g* l4 ~; ?7 {4 N Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.# {& X' O+ E0 a4 G8 E
0 w, r X G3 s0 t n( E/ B Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.+ m# w; G% m; t4 E
0 l' D# C/ @ \; L; c! A& ? 3. All is over but the shouting.( `2 l# `* l! _: d' ?
( r9 o8 z0 d% k- @% }. r 大势已去
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Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.( z h* B2 I( P% i
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Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.& k" `1 S' P, r( e8 V- l8 o
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人善被人欺,马善被人骑
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, s2 k# A6 y$ ~) o/ X( x Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him." I( w0 @% [" l/ |3 ]
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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.% u9 Q; N0 D) Z, y
+ Z5 b4 e% z: A/ b0 n2 ^ 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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2 M* }6 f. W+ | 小不忍则乱大谋- ] z* {- c" }5 e, t
' w$ L5 F9 o- _% k, U/ V8 |3 D Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.9 V, R1 @. y0 m# k
4 v, o1 T4 S, l2 L+ b, m Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.! t# F3 o, f ]) O$ y( k! z; A$ Q9 o
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6. As poor as a church mouse ! i" P$ M4 t4 S/ b( F0 h5 k+ D9 |: W
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一贫如洗
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Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.
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$ E `' J3 P5 D/ `7 Z! p Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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. B! X* d4 Z: z B4 L Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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4 G4 P, T# j( R+ ^4 p3 K 7. A word spoken is past recalling.1 p0 r* [0 T) I3 g( }
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一言既出,驷马难追2 {# A" }5 e3 a" u1 \3 n
$ }2 ]& J( L" c5 u Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
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1 V5 |" ?( _" _, ] K9 u$ F& Y# @ 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.) r7 K1 ~0 _: Z
r3 h \ K o0 |4 g$ E8. World is but a little place, after all. 2 \. I V# i/ A6 F8 v
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天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君1 | @$ P R5 m" X7 h, ]
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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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+ w- L0 y0 Y9 { 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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9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.6 g, R( p. _. T, E" H
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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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1 N& J+ F" _ j* z) s$ m* H 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
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失之东隅,收之桑榆( C4 p2 S7 S/ c- [. z
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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.$ p0 J' x' b$ n" ?
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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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