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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .
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雨后送伞
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* u B* @5 P/ ^. Q Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.$ A2 F" R N& m8 ] g
+ I$ H1 ^- B8 e/ A; W! k6 R; |; Z 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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) O" q- G( j7 k) b: x" p 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
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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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Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar." ~2 Z9 Y9 s0 S6 }
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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.4 O' {) R" q9 |0 K# n
+ ]( `2 U: E& ]" S- z& i Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.
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4. All lay load on the willing horse. 0 H9 a! _* \# I
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人善被人欺，马善被人骑
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" ?8 C1 }8 M2 B/ G# C4 \5 h 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.; l/ n( d7 ~ R6 w3 D
8 l4 w' i" {; |" ~9 D$ J) } 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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小不忍则乱大谋# S2 O" z5 g9 x4 ?
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Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry., S; b; w4 p( ?5 Z5 z
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Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.5 n: I1 M3 @: k3 e+ n
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6. As poor as a church mouse
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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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Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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0 z4 R' r6 @. N. H) j+ _. _) P Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. 6 N: B/ m2 M8 w+ ^9 I" ?
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7. A word spoken is past recalling.
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一言既出，驷马难追, S6 p4 _8 t6 ]+ {3 {( w
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Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
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) M: X7 S+ Y9 E! Z6 ?! O% N 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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8. World is but a little place, after all. $ @6 r4 t, g' C4 ^& x
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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.9 S$ k2 E- ^$ f* E3 `
, U. x3 q- E- T2 }) s 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 v- P) u( w3 l3 ^8 G" E# k 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. 0 w( e8 X2 D. h( Z! r [' t/ m! D: ~
9 }6 r# i* v+ x7 [) Y& q# E3 ^ 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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# ~. o( z# Y+ K$ O4 E! y 失之东隅，收之桑榆
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$ T( ], N; j' b4 F( b1 h! M& p 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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$ n y) _2 o0 d2 Y* u 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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