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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .
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- g" v6 O* q# w6 e- G0 t( m$ S3 K+ d Explanation: this describes a situation where assistance or comfort is given when it is too late." k9 ~9 p3 a% \3 i$ z4 ]
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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.- E& o$ q- m& K/ R
) d3 K/ R' o& E j 2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.' Y; L* x- J' R' j# E8 u
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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.+ ?# j# }+ K( F5 H7 E; _
9 L' a7 @: O6 I7 w$ s# ? Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.1 F$ k9 H5 d3 Z8 W* `* C, e
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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 [6 _2 v2 D: A4 O2 v7 Y, v, U' v
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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. / ^! G- R/ K C8 x4 ^
2 ?; N0 g' M, \ l# \8 E0 @ 人善被人欺，马善被人骑0 v/ d) J6 X0 `' y7 ?1 u% ~ M' x9 S
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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.4 ?$ ~. A5 r) a) o$ n) e; C
, E; h* J1 ~9 j6 S4 b- b; Y: | 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.& n# z. R, b$ R4 F9 q+ s( }! F
: r3 I+ @1 z& V& {+ f X 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.4 _" W: @, v4 g8 V
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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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6. As poor as a church mouse 9 K% h$ d% Z( T* [
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. f+ H" T& t: }$ z9 w( E Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.+ g' Z: w. Q% c2 @. f
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Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.
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Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food. - ^# k5 i; a! o4 |' [, m
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7. A word spoken is past recalling.
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一言既出，驷马难追! b* W5 X0 v2 Y% N2 I- t3 B* x* z
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Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo.% W5 C; @8 j8 M% L& N
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, N( m! H2 }" u5 m( T8. 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.3 v8 y- o; a$ C
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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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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.$ A, O7 D% K( b. e! N" _
$ Q" |$ @! f4 \8 o$ j2 f% B 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
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失之东隅，收之桑榆
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' R: I, W4 x0 v1 J, G 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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4 T0 q& T1 {0 p 11. What are the odds so long as you are happy.. \) Y! ?. }1 ^# b
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5 G5 D/ z+ }! Z$ @ Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.9 L6 L. @) T# h$ N# E1 I, `' g
2 U- I# \0 o& L& X" ]: |/ D Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
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& E4 a4 O0 K7 F0 I( S 12．Entertain an angel unawares.4 m0 I4 |; t, l" Y7 u! o) l
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# K" |4 h8 n* D% `, e Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits.
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Example: in the course of evening someone informed her that she was entertaining an angel unawares, in the shape of a composer of the greatest promise' @; o3 M. f( \+ T" t" w- `" f( W6 b
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Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
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Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.9 u9 z+ x, y- X/ R% M3 t9 [7 K
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Explanation: people are loath to refer to defects in their possessions or their family members
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Example: he said that his teacher considered his work brilliant, but I would rather hear it from his teacher’s own mouth. Every potter praises his own pot. |
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