TA的每日心情 | 擦汗 2017-7-14 01:50 |
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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .3 S& O* p# a0 r; c
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Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.
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, y$ e% v) q. X6 M( c8 U& D- A8 [$ W 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.* G1 X! q/ m/ V) b; l
8 D9 _; B+ t8 R9 {' _, W- @ 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.4 U+ {5 ]& P) q
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挂羊头卖狗肉
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Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.
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& S5 L! u [7 w3 ]2 S! y7 u2 p/ n Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.
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, b/ i! g$ D9 J3 a* r' W 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.
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* x' h% J: E! m Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.* d( j6 x1 i& E! h
% Z# M' s( [+ z' n- @3 ~ 4. All lay load on the willing horse.
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人善被人欺,马善被人骑5 l/ S5 k4 K& 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.5 w7 [0 f! ~2 a0 j2 S$ i
/ n$ k' I# z1 v 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.6 m; W! G/ E, t. L. ]6 E1 v- f
" Z* m6 p' a2 I g6 y" ~# } 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.$ p. q& M- u( {( c; F' |
) U/ C) C. z0 m6 o0 O Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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一贫如洗
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7 u2 b& a: N1 U* ~- A' M Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.$ a% U- Q& b8 l8 c, }8 V
- f6 b$ V( w; k% l' e ~! a% J Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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5 Q6 N) F+ n3 V* }' N7 G Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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; |; g3 ]& `( [0 i7 `! C9 Y 7. A word spoken is past recalling.
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一言既出,驷马难追
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5 `# B1 Q4 E H# _% N Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.1 v# n" b4 {& P, X/ Q
, @2 `5 u5 a9 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.# |7 ^0 v. {% x
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8. World is but a little place, after all. - ]1 W& x" Q! K
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& K) }3 `- F' i p g$ | 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.# |% Y$ s* {$ V8 e0 p6 x
) x6 m2 Y+ h+ b 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.8 X3 v3 p$ z4 E. y, ]& M+ M/ }
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9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.: c1 C8 {. X* Z; m
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入乡随俗
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+ i7 |8 N" O M# L8 D# @- m 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.+ E* b; c$ F- d) b7 ^1 t
& ]. }. f# A$ {6 ~ 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
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3 \2 J* F* }. F 失之东隅,收之桑榆1 N+ v9 T1 V* v* `( j: Q
! P$ x& ?+ l+ w( @9 b5 w 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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