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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .# s9 L: a* ]5 E3 I: h
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雨后送伞
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9 u3 N$ g7 Z- Q* M0 X! x+ R% `2 ] Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.! V- m3 N" K3 v9 u/ t k
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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.* c/ O( E [% c: F8 I
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2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.: S3 n9 `& K3 @
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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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0 z! y$ N) ~% F6 o" r R 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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3. All is over but the shouting.: l# M4 P1 w5 J* `- Q& r
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大势已去
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Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.& E2 z% {/ w7 x
2 ^4 q( ?" _% p Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.) G8 S# q5 s' b5 n" W: V/ Y
9 Q% ]; I3 N! Z+ s& E6 h7 e$ ~ 4. All lay load on the willing horse. E, U+ P! X# {. Q/ f
; S ~6 k: q' I/ B: E$ C- \. v 人善被人欺，马善被人骑
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0 ^' \0 ]& i8 j+ E* a+ @$ M* H2 R 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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" t3 Y# v! O4 x 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.
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4 ?! Q/ `, E( |/ u1 H9 b5 I 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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1 Q0 J% R0 P+ D( e# |7 n+ c- n, o4 r Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
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0 y* L Y6 N. N4 _$ V1 H8 j Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel." ]( X" L5 Y, _2 B) T2 }9 b
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6. As poor as a church mouse % `8 H- ^- i! I& B' ~
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( H1 z( W" z& f, A, @: c% k! | Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.9 g" F. \6 w: J, C e9 Q$ i
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Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse., B$ {8 g! S5 o I) K& M {
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Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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1 M% s9 [8 H* d- @ 7. A word spoken is past recalling.5 R P9 q7 V5 `
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一言既出，驷马难追$ N8 ?9 P. W" O0 Q, Z$ o( r+ v; i
4 S& z* z, p7 T. ?4 a- e- T9 h4 F Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.
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+ L0 V% o! X. e; B8 [. W& K 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.
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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.0 m7 g% Z/ f% S
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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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+ I. g: R1 I( {: f Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
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0 {2 B% S* s( Q/ V 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.% R; s( j+ N% q" ~' t
2 a) A- R& {: H, R 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.9 U+ m) g: s' c! J$ \
" {+ ~! l) g: O7 ~ 失之东隅，收之桑榆
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1 H9 l: ^& s5 _. X; ~; x 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.( T' ]9 c6 t. D, b4 B0 S8 z0 R2 o
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