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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .4 H$ ?9 a" P3 \% y4 v* @5 I i, Y
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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.
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$ O9 R+ H" f9 J 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.: h; U1 T# z# M" C$ }& F
# ?1 m H1 {2 A' p" u* { 挂羊头卖狗肉5 }( c6 h( C$ Y0 ?
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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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9 b% I. z, K$ w: @0 h9 K; W3 x) [6 u 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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: Q0 E& D6 g3 j( d$ S- N: o 3. All is over but the shouting.! J* G# \2 p( y6 Z* I
7 X# O9 v- }/ @. I 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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4. All lay load on the willing horse.
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人善被人欺，马善被人骑& [& u& I# w9 X7 e- A" f5 H
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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., Z2 a) X4 b0 G3 z# u
- q" j5 R$ u9 | ~9 | 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./ `/ ]5 I% D% b7 @
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5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.$ d2 n+ z+ Z2 E9 G5 i% {2 _6 i
G& G8 o1 N; N. ]% G 小不忍则乱大谋
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; Q& q! L$ O( L( |1 d; {1 N Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.9 E5 [5 y: Y8 Y7 [! z4 }) l
( l8 o" h. G" u& {* ? Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.$ P+ i# n" {) y; W/ `
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6. As poor as a church mouse
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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.1 L+ }+ E+ d4 \' h4 s
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Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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" @ f' m' h0 o: j! C 7. A word spoken is past recalling.+ ^0 d/ K+ j x) [: |2 k e8 v
$ Y2 `, X* u6 K% q0 k 一言既出，驷马难追* [4 ~' p5 b9 @4 O! y
1 _7 L6 g) I! z; i) Z5 p Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.* D8 w0 T' Q' j& F, H7 `- p" J
# A; h) g. M7 ~) Y1 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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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.* O7 i4 \5 m. d' }- m9 x5 V
, s. x T3 ]6 P0 k6 U+ g. B2 i9 Y 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.! L: D9 i% V; _, @6 z
/ A3 q7 v( U7 b, X- n 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.! w9 L( _) U; M& N9 x: M- ~+ A2 p
& w0 `- d6 O' s/ R8 k* D( U2 X 入乡随俗
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Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. 5 y4 h4 y% N/ |( T9 v
' K/ e. j. b! ^- K+ J5 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.) A$ A8 f& X, Q0 v
& I- j V0 Q% U 失之东隅，收之桑榆) i+ y1 U* I) A% u9 x1 ]8 c8 g3 E4 S
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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.3 O! @+ h7 G# q, z8 s
' v( C% U$ \6 B9 i+ _ 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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