First of all, mantis catches cicada.
Basic definition: cicada: cicada. Mantis catches cicadas without realizing the potential danger. Metaphor is short-sighted. Warn such a short-sighted, unprofitable person, regardless of future trouble.
Source: Liu Xiang's "Liu Xiang Shuo Yuan" Volume 9 Jian Zheng in Han Dynasty "There are trees in the garden and cicadas on the trees. The cicada sings and drinks dew, but I don't know that mantis is behind! "
There is a tree in the yard. There is a cicada in the tree. Cicada is weeping sadly on the high branch and drinking dew, but she doesn't know there is a mantis behind her.
Second, a moth puts out a fire
Explanation: A moth puts out a fire, which is a metaphor for self-destruction.
From: Biography of Liang Shu Xiang Guan: "How can a moth set herself on fire?"
Translation: "A moth puts out a fire, can you be stingy if you burn yourself?"
Grammar: verb-object type; As predicate, adverbial and attribute; derogatory sense
Synonyms: self-trapping, moth to the fire, self-destruction, moth to the fire, moth to the fire.
Antonym: to preserve our sanity.
Third, the golden cicada sheds its shell.
Description: cicadas shed their shells when they are adults. Metaphor muddle through, make people can't find it in time.
Said by: Yuan Hanqing's "Xie Tianxiang", the second fold: "I tried some tricks, but I was worried that my stomach was broken. I can't find the lie that the golden cicada was hatched. "
Example: I tried some tricks, and I was worried that I couldn't find a lie.
Grammar: subject-predicate type; As predicate, object and attribute; Metaphor covers people's eyes and ears.
Synonym: the plan to slow down the troops, hide the sky and cross the sea, and fly away.
Antonym: Catch a turtle in a jar, an old tree is full of roots, and it is attacked between Scylla and Charybdis.
Fourth, clues
Explanation: Spiders can be found from the hanging spider silk, and the whereabouts of horses can be found from the marks of horseshoes. It is a metaphor for traces and clues left by things.
Said by: Wang Qing Jia Ben's Preface to Bieya: "The door of simultaneous translation is wide open, and there are many words that cannot be used universally. In fact, there are clues in ancient books, exactly the same. "
Translation: "The door to counterfeiting is wide and complicated, and there is no word in the world, so it cannot be used universally. In fact, it is a clue, an original work, and an ancient book. "
Grammar: combination; As subject, object and adverbial; derogatory sense
V jackals, tigers and leopards
Meaning: refers to all kinds of beasts that harm people and animals. It is also a metaphor for vicious villains.
Pinyin: Cai Lang H incarnation
Origin: Chapter 8 of Qing Liu E's Travels of Lao Can: What is really terrible is wolves, tigers and leopards. It is getting late. If we come out, we will be broken.
What is terrible is wolves, tigers and leopards. It is getting late. If we come out, we will be broken.