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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .
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雨后送伞
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Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late.0 M% A1 G0 L" A% P# J
9 m. f( c1 d- c1 t- o 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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$ T6 V8 `, M, t6 j) j, l* i 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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6 |6 r( A" R- ~: g7 v 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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8 I. w5 U* Z; E# O 3. All is over but the shouting.# Q$ z' f n3 A& g$ U# o4 `
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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.
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Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.
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, Z y0 a0 E/ K" [ 4. All lay load on the willing horse. # e X' V# n" r0 @' m2 j. a9 Q( r) P
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人善被人欺，马善被人骑
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8 v2 u7 [+ ` x8 l 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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: _& }2 ]/ Z5 I 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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k3 W& X1 h4 ^" H. W" i 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel." m6 T3 ?" D' q2 J4 ~) t4 _
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小不忍则乱大谋
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Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.! j& v8 p* O$ t
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Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel." {, c6 m2 D V5 x- L# j- i
0 p8 R( M) b4 g, B 6. As poor as a church mouse
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) y. g& _& P- S5 C 一贫如洗
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6 o, |* U( h4 E7 _) P9 X0 t Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.
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" r2 B( Z0 n2 ]: x. p Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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5 c# V/ F( O$ M( i8 K0 z J 7. A word spoken is past recalling.- U" O, h1 @) |
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一言既出，驷马难追. x m" z# h( B% i- o1 a% N% U
" ?3 `. Q/ D+ l9 f( R Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.7 k& U5 c. O6 d" h
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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.
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" T2 c, o" T3 ]0 Y% ~8. World is but a little place, after all. ( z" v0 s4 K) t1 `; \! H' P& n1 l
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" L1 J) P; J7 Y 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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' U' {( p6 h+ ] ^, l" Q7 e 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.! B5 _. s7 F( U* O
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/ w8 Z4 ^1 J8 {" y8 Y Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. 4 C* |" I9 V! K n6 R3 h# Z! b
+ j$ X6 @' R; v4 Z; k3 E 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.$ @; }; a9 }9 O9 q
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' x* T+ B, }6 t6 W Q' v2 S 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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! p' C0 o) e7 k* O/ h- \' a 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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