TA的每日心情 | 擦汗 2017-7-14 01:50 |
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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .7 ^$ \& d% T \1 \' ~
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Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.* C0 \7 R7 y9 Y. G* \; g" d
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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.' m& B& N) ~5 Z: h
! {( m U/ I: g3 B 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
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挂羊头卖狗肉: `0 u& U# h$ y! n) B
3 y" {9 ]; r; n4 z6 Z Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.# e. D+ h/ G9 R( @. _* z1 Z/ _
, Y4 G0 c( A+ Y$ N% s1 _ Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.$ }: U# n k/ g% A9 {8 h
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3. All is over but the shouting.
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大势已去
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2 Z5 ^0 G: ]0 {$ o) y; a Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.! K4 \6 ]' j6 r; T' m9 H
( P8 E& |, ?) b# I5 o4 T3 c9 { Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.
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8 F& a6 d2 C* W' A1 _; |6 F 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.
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! L# b8 b2 c: n N2 s8 s% E 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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; O& X# ]3 D3 x( N) ^ 小不忍则乱大谋% h$ \" ^" J/ j
& j& O: A4 H# O, ?* v! B) B Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.8 [: r0 L n* O1 r$ ]5 N% a; P
; A- y1 d. ~+ o5 B" l( E7 V9 \ Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.0 }+ K2 {, _% O. U8 [" U2 r
4 _$ H- [; @2 ~- ?0 _: @ 6. As poor as a church mouse 4 Q& v: @ r* t M' A1 I
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Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.1 D' v; b/ n5 E8 _
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Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.: G: l5 w9 [2 Q9 K
: \* m/ {, r% V$ g Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 4 z, @+ f* N0 w; _ j8 a* A
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7. A word spoken is past recalling.
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一言既出,驷马难追5 g8 p0 k- p7 ~0 T# o/ z) B' Z
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Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
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( F% r9 o7 V6 o7 f3 M0 o/ Q) ]$ v 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.' ] ]! Q* v9 B$ @/ y! ]
6 D8 V# P/ S. w5 S/ z8. World is but a little place, after all.
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4 D/ z, A6 h0 V; _2 ~( N% b+ a 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.. z1 ]) Q* p/ g8 @! ]- ]
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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.
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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. 5 f' p Q l/ n$ o# ^
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: C$ w# u1 b+ R& \ 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
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6 q0 c/ \6 c3 L 失之东隅,收之桑榆
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% M7 p3 x. X3 E* h 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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' x6 g2 V" C, c$ @$ Q8 ` 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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