Idiom

1. Rat escaping and wolf running? [ shǔ cuàn láng bēn ]

Interpretation: Describing the scene of running away in embarrassment.

Source: Chapter 66 of "Water Margin" by Shi Naian of the Ming Dynasty: "At this time, the common people in Daming City were running like rats and wolves, and every family was crying and howling."

< p>2. Short-sighted [shǔ mù cùn guāng]

Interpretation: a metaphor for short-sightedness and lack of foresight.

Source: "Linchuan Dream" by Jiang Shiquan of the Qing Dynasty: "Looking for chapters and excerpts; classifying them into categories; compiling various new books; stereotyping and betraying. Those short-sighted Shiwen friends were frightened; thank you Go to the gate; blind praise and blind praise."

3. Rat Heart Wolf Lung [shǔ xīn láng fèi]

Definition: Describes a sinister and vicious heart.

Source: Qing Dynasty Zheng Xie's "The Journey of the Post-Orphan": "The father-in-law returns home after getting money. He has the heart of a rat and the lungs of a wolf. He swallows fat with side eyes and is resourceful to avoid crises."

< p>4. Mouse belly cochlear intestine [ shǔ fù wō cháng ]

Interpretation: mole’s belly, snail’s intestines. It is a metaphor for what you want is limited or your ambition is narrow.

Source: "Zhuangzi·Xiaoyaoyou": "The wren nests in the deep forest, but it is only a branch; the rat drinks from the river, but its belly is full."

5. Rat belly chicken intestines [ shǔ fù jī cháng ]

Interpretation: It is a metaphor for being narrow-minded and only considers small things and ignores the big picture.

Source: Chapter 31 of "Jin Ping Mei" by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng of the Ming Dynasty: "It's not that this thief has three inches of goods, but that rat's belly and chicken's heart have to be as big as three inches. ”

6. Rat belly chicken intestines [shǔ dù jī cháng]

Interpretation: See [small belly chicken intestines].

Source: "The Legend of Killing Ghosts" by Yanxia Sanren of the Ming Dynasty: "Mouse belly and chicken intestines can't be stored in a bag of dung, so what use do you have."

Afterwords

1. A mouse caught in a trap - struggling to its death?

2. A mouse hole made of paper - is of no use at all; does not solve the problem; cannot cure the root cause?

3. Rats in the sesame field——are they popular?

4. Eating rat poison with eyes open——are they obviously disadvantaged?

5. In the clouds Rat————A born mouse; born good; born a waste?

6. Zhang Fei catches a mouse————big eyes and small eyes?

7. Zhai The mouse in the nunnery——How many scriptures have been listened to?

8. The mouse in the stove——gloomy; not gray?

9. The stove fire The rat in the chest———— running around?

10. It is both a lark and a kangaroo————can sing and dance?

11. If you have money, you can burn pork. , Silver-free wax vole———— There is always a way out?

12. Rat boiled in oil———— Incomplete body?

13. Rat in the oil tank———— Slippery?

14. An eagle holds a snake in its mouth, and a snake swallows a rat——One thing brings down another?

15. The rat in the gutter——It’s unclear Dare you come in secret?

16. Eat fifteen mice in one mouth———— Are you nervous?

17. A nest of mice fight———— Qing Qing Chicha?

18. The kitten washes the mouse's face————It has no good intentions

19. The little mouse digs into the bamboo tube————It is constantly being criticized; I don't know where it will die.

20. Photo of a little mouse - a thief

Proverb

1. The eyesight of a bird or mouse eating oil

Explanation: It means that the mouse saw a lighted oil lamp and ran to steal the oil inside. He only saw the oil in front of him and did not pay attention to the danger of being arrested behind him. The extended metaphor only cared about the profit in front of him and ignored the safety behind him.

2. Birds and mice swam across the stream, and everyone drank.

Interpretation: People say that people who specialize in stealing, do not do their job, engage in illegal activities, and are shady are called rats. It can be seen that rats It is so disgusted by people that it swims across the stream, gets soaked all over, and does not move very fast, so it is easy to be caught and beaten. It is like a rat crossing the street. Everyone shouts and beats it. It describes a person who causes public outrage and is hated and suppressed by everyone.

3. Stove-wrestling birds and mice

Interpretation: Kitchen mice specialize in stealing food, rice or leftovers in the kitchen. It is a metaphor for a person who specializes in stealing.

4. Birds and mice at the bottom of the stream

Interpretation: It refers to a person who specializes in stealing sand and gravel from rivers for profit.

5. Birds and mice on the top of the mountain

Interpretation: It is a metaphor for the illegal people who specialize in illegally cutting down trees on the mountain and selling them for profit.

6. When the birds and mice break the crucible

Interpretation: When the birds and mice: Set up traps to catch mice. Break: to break. Crucible: Utensils such as pots and pans. For example: rice pot (rice pot), flower pot (flower pot). It means that if you want to catch mice, you are afraid of breaking the pot or basin, that is, you will throw a rat trap.

7. Birds and mice do not dare to eat cat milk

Explanation: Mice do not dare to eat cat milk, because if a mouse eats cat milk, it is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, which is very dangerous. An analogy between the two Don’t get close to someone who has a different identity or is hostile, lest you put yourself in danger.

8. Feeding birds and mice biting cloth bags

Interpretation: Raising mice to bite cloth bags is a metaphor for attracting wolves into the house or appeasing an adulterer, which will eventually lead to physical harm.