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Idiom Story——Suspicious Neighbor Stealing an Axe

Once upon a time, there was a countryman who lost an axe. He thought that the neighbor’s son had stolen it, so he started searching everywhere Pay attention to every word and action of the man. The more you look at him, the more you feel that he is like a thief who stole the axe. Later, the man who lost the ax found the axe. It turned out that when he went up the mountain to chop firewood a few days ago, he accidentally lost it in the valley. .After finding the axe, he met the neighbor's son again. When he looked at him carefully, he didn't look like a thief anymore.

Suspicion of neighbors stealing axes: not paying attention to factual basis, making random suspicions about people and things. .

2. Pulling seedlings to encourage growth

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a farmer in the Song Dynasty. He always thought that the crops in the field grew too slowly. He went to see it today and to see it tomorrow. He felt that The seedlings never seemed to grow taller. He thought to himself: Is there any way to make them grow taller and faster?

One day, he came to the field and raised the seedlings one by one. It took a lot of effort to pull out a large area of ??seedlings one by one. By the time he finished pulling out the seedlings, he was exhausted, but he was very happy in his heart. When he got home, he boasted: "Today we can pull out all the seedlings." I'm exhausted. I helped the seedlings grow several inches taller!" After hearing this, his son hurried to the field to see and found that all the seedlings in the field were dead

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In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a minister named Fan Bo. Fan Bo was not only talented in poetry, but also good at managing state affairs. Later, he assisted King Zhou Li in government affairs. However, King Zhou Li was domineering and judged things in vain. The treacherous minister tried every means to flatter him. Fan Bo spoke frankly and enumerated the shortcomings of the government, but the treacherous minister said bad things about him in the ears of King Zhou Li. King Zhou Li was very tired of Fan Bo. From then on, the treacherous ministers came in and out of the palace and would not let Fan Bo go. In his eyes, Fan Bo was very angry and wrote a poem, which was later included in the Book of Songs. The poem criticized the treacherous ministers and said: "He has done many evil things and is incurable!"

"Incorrigible": seriously ill. To the point where medicine cannot be used to save life. Later, it is used to describe things that are so bad that they cannot be saved.

4. Riding the wind and waves

In the ancient Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a general in the Song Dynasty whose surname was Zong Ming. He was very brave and ambitious. One day, Zongci's uncle asked him what his ambition was. Zongci replied: "I would like to ride the long wind and break thousands of miles of waves." It means: I must break through all obstacles, move forward bravely, and work hard. A career. After studying hard, practicing hard, and working hard, Zong Tie finally became a general who was good at fighting.

Later, people used "riding the wind and waves" to describe the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and moving forward bravely

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