TA的每日心情 | 擦汗 2017-7-14 01:50 |
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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .
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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.; L9 c' K6 d- ^" F+ M$ t Y
4 \) {! {; Q4 _ V 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.
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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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, C Z) H0 \: \ Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar./ J/ ]1 _7 \- k5 v
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3. All is over but the shouting.5 U0 Y2 g2 a" H L+ Y/ n
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- ~2 R3 d$ @* r5 h5 {! b Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed./ y' O5 ~' ]" v n; e# |
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Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.; ?$ @- |, g5 _6 c$ I7 h
8 g$ u/ H& p6 j- V' z& y 4. All lay load on the willing horse.
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2 z8 k6 _- l0 _* [) W 人善被人欺,马善被人骑
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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.6 y* m1 b0 v% ?- E% _' D% {' u
" W: f! s6 v/ K+ t 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.. h2 |0 A( Y$ r: M
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5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.4 \6 Q/ Y; y2 Z- d6 r) C+ {
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! v/ Q. C9 M/ G+ d/ O7 P Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
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Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.9 d& U/ |2 Y9 `& L H$ [
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: |4 l; \8 x9 N Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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7. A word spoken is past recalling.: c9 Q: f% J- {. G- T! g# L
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* i/ i5 V# o( H* k: P Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.( j" q/ N% P2 ?/ {2 ^, C" J
" B, y' M& ~' g5 U1 h Y, U8 d 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.& e% I i" y! E8 \, s5 n
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8. World is but a little place, after all.
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& R" |. s7 C7 o5 [; E2 |1 u; M2 H 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./ s v0 v1 F' i/ @# A7 Y
! O2 d$ [5 ~7 O6 ? i& } 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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8 L: n* C, p- N& I 9. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.. p6 w3 B' f6 n
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Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
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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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7 I; u- }/ x! j9 U$ h$ C3 ?# {! t: t 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.# @% E5 X2 V! [+ t
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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.% W, A7 B0 r2 R; T0 N
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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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