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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor .* s! y) H$ H" ?2 P/ ]% e) k
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5 ^2 F2 O; ?/ s- ]1 S; ?* c( j 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.
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2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar.. J; Q$ e; ]+ a. p9 r
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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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Example: that fellow completely misled us about what he was capable of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar.& l, U D& P# b: s' Z
& s) \" N1 Q6 @* W6 h 3. All is over but the shouting.
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; k5 ~$ I+ T' U# A8 S" Y 大势已去
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Explanation: finally decided or won; brought to the end; not able to be changed.4 D! Z3 m t2 E7 v! T8 w- X) F
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Example: after Bill’s touch down, the game is all over but shouting.
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4 \( H$ Z6 K" l; K, b 4. All lay load on the willing horse.
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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.
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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.0 H- D0 [. X5 Q% b7 j: Q
! d4 |' V/ n+ g) w, h g 5.Anger and haste hinder good counsel.0 a$ F2 p2 A2 m" ~- E" f4 g" Z
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Explanation: one can not act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
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; Z3 X6 I- l f& A Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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一贫如洗
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1 |# q/ D g! F' P Explanation: to be exceedingly poor, having barely to live upon.7 U- C0 `) I0 |( x3 H1 ?9 z
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Example: he has a large family, and is poor as a church mouse.+ R9 V' v( p( ?# }$ O
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Note: a church is one of the few buildings that contain no food.
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7. A word spoken is past recalling.& l& x) |0 G) r; b% `
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Explanation: the harm done by a careless word can not easily undo. g3 ?' l* ^4 I7 P- J7 A; _" O. x
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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.6 B, o: a& J5 F. ]+ m
- Y; c6 W' L5 J r) [8. World is but a little place, after all.
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天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君& i% Q- q/ C, R# S( q
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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.( f: e! c1 P3 I/ |! K' Q
" {( G3 K* |, b2 K8 K" S0 t1 | 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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3 n9 r, i5 r N/ o- _; r 入乡随俗
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" `) f m8 f" @4 ~9 J) f0 { Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
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4 T+ k1 o, ?; J5 ~# Y4 i4 I5 N9 s 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.- k5 o# f' V% n
' ~$ O+ s$ L. Q) m/ N 10. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts.
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6 x- w3 H% v# r; P 失之东隅，收之桑榆4 e/ o) o8 g0 h V# G+ o* E( y. T
5 S$ l" G' M% V- P S 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.
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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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