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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .
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* M/ A& {8 U% v i5 u 雨后送伞
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1 j x* x) ]2 \2 c8 c 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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2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
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( l* `0 i3 b# |( i7 r, I Explanation: to offer to give or sell something that is inferior to what you claim it to be.. ^1 ?% G/ P5 \6 ]& E
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Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.4 r' L) _5 R( Y* J
, Z$ m2 m3 [) [$ G 3. All is over but the shouting.; T m) \9 D4 ?/ d6 V. Z
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Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.2 ]& @& g1 l+ N% K9 @2 ~
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Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.0 O0 B5 h. R9 H3 l
7 A4 h% W3 o1 j 4. All lay load on the willing horse.
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人善被人欺，马善被人骑% o d/ x/ L0 f
( b4 g* w- \' [1 Q- p Explanation: a willing horse is someone who is always doing things for others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him.4 l( z# |6 y4 f: C9 A
+ b Q* ]# G$ w3 H 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.$ I/ I' T, U8 O$ r( J3 I" G0 T
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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.
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/ b {0 D. I: m3 P- O3 G+ | Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.% d7 @% K5 @/ m+ X* s; o2 a5 O
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Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.
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/ A. r1 p: K) r Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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4 b! {$ B) t" ]$ y; b4 z' S' J2 ^ Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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8 i: s- m3 W, _% b2 |8 m4 [% M& }6 [ 7. A word spoken is past recalling.6 [4 I! m. D+ r
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一言既出，驷马难追
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Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
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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.2 x: v6 V7 f. \
$ |$ B0 W$ G0 ]4 D( ^- F0 l2 V8. World is but a little place, after all. $ e. h0 M+ U9 a- a
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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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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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$ R! a" h( ?" m 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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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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, i7 m. d: v/ G+ z( \ 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.' H& Y* q) t* R
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失之东隅，收之桑榆, M" r# M6 ^% X# q2 |
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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." ~, y( i) L z9 _
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