Man from the source stone: "The snail's horn is hollow, and the fly's head is meager."

However, although they played the abacus well, they forgot to use it flexibly, and they didn't know how to get it. They paid an incalculable price. Bai Yunqin's "greed"

Synonym small profit

2. A levee of a thousand miles breaks down in an ant nest: A levee of a thousand miles often breaks down because of an ant nest. It is a metaphor that careless little things can lead to great disasters. The language book "Han Feizi Yulao": "The dike of thousands of feet was broken by an ant hole, and the house of 100 feet was burned by the smoke from the sudden gap."

The origin of the idiom "A levee of a thousand miles, which breaks down in an ant nest".

There is such a story in ancient China:

There is a village on the bank of the Yellow River. In order to prevent floods, farmers built towering long dams. One day, an old farmer happened to find that the nest suddenly increased a lot. The old farmer thought: Will these ant nests affect the safety of the long embankment? He is going back to the village to report that he met his son on the way. Hearing this, the old farmer's son said disapprovingly, why are you afraid of a few small ants on such a strong long embankment? Then he took the old farmer with him to the fields. It was stormy that night, and the water of the Yellow River soared. The roaring river began to penetrate from the ant nest, then sprayed, and finally washed away the long embankment and flooded large areas of villages and fields along the coast.

3. Use the gladiator's arm as a car: explanation: when: block. Mantis raised his forelimbs and tried to stop the car from moving forward. It is a metaphor for doing what strength can't do, and it is bound to fail.

Source: "Zhuangzi on Earth": "You don't know that you are a mantis, and you are angry that your arm is a rut. You don't know that you are incompetent."

Who knows that although the belly is far from deep, it is neither humble nor supercilious, and there is no one around, but it is everywhere on the face. It can be described as "~, more than one can chew." ◎ Li Qingru's "Mirror Flower Edge" is the eighteenth time.

Synonym: more than one can chew.

Antonym: Do what you can.

4. The dragonfly touches the water: Explanation: It refers to the action that the dragonfly touches the water with its tail when flying on the water. Metaphor is superficial but not profound.

Source: Tang Du Fu's "Qujiang" poem: "The butterfly that picks flowers is deeply seen, and the dragonfly flies slowly."

Example: going to the countryside is just a formality, and you have to bring white steamed bread. ◎ Guo Xiaochuan's "heavy lesson"

Synonym: a cursory glance, a fleeting glance.

Antonym: Down-to-earth, dismount and see flowers.

5. Silence: explanation: silence: silence. As silent as a cicada in late autumn. Metaphor dare not speak, afraid of concerns.

Source: The Biography of Du Mi in the Later Han Dynasty: "Liu Shengwei is a doctor, a courtesy guest, who knows the good but doesn't recommend it, but doesn't talk about the bad, cherishes himself and is chilling with himself. This sinner is also. "

After his speech, several people in the audience clapped loudly and desperately, while more people looked at each other. ◎ Yang Mo's Song of Youth, Chapter 38, Part II.

Synonym: tongue-tied, tight-lipped

Antonym: Speaking like a flowing river and Kan Kan.

6. The mantis catches the cicada, and the yellowbird is behind: the book "The Warring States Zhuangzi Waipian Sam Twentieth" "When you see the cicada, you will forget its body. If you want to fight, you will forget its shape when you see it; Different magpies benefit from it, and forget the righteousness. "

"Liu Xiang Shuo Yuan" Volume 9 Jian Zheng "There are trees in the garden and cicadas on the trees. Cicada is moaning and drinking dew. I didn't know mantis was behind! Mantis committed herself to cicada, completely ignoring knowing that yellowbird was around! Yellowbird craned its neck to peck mantis, but didn't know the projectile was under it! All three of them want their former benefits, regardless of their later problems. "

Ji Yun's Notes on Yuewei Caotang in Qing Dynasty Volume 4 Huaixi Magazine 14: "In the next few years, I heard that a Taoist priest in Shandong was struck by lightning, or he committed suicide excessively and was punished by heaven." Mantis catches cicada, yellowbird is behind', bomber is behind, this is called. "

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the King of Wu wanted to attack the State of Chu and said, "Those who dare to remonstrate will die!" . At this time, there was a young man at the bottom, who knew that people were talking lightly and it was useless to persuade him. He would die suddenly. It was only the third time that I swam in the backyard with a slingshot and exposed my clothes. The king of Wu asked him and said to him, "There are trees in the back garden, and cicadas are drinking dew on them. I wonder if mantis will catch them in the back! And the mantis tried to pounce on it, and I knew that the yellowbird was creeping beside it! The yellowbird stretches its neck only to peck mantis, I don't know the slingshot under the tree! They all want to get the benefits of the past and ignore the troubles of the future! " After hearing this, the prince of Wu felt very reasonable and refused to send troops.

"The mantis catches the cicada, and the yellowbird is behind". Describe acting only before and after. Or short-sighted, only looking at immediate interests, but not knowing that future troubles will follow, this expression is often used.

7. ants on hot bricks: ants on hot bricks-running in circles (metaphor: falling into an unavoidable predicament, walking around and fidgeting.

8. Two grasshoppers tied to a line: "Two grasshoppers tied to a rope".

It means that the fates of two people are linked together, and neither of them can live without the other.