
1.2023英语成语故事大全 篇一
As the man became poor, he wanted to reduce the monkeys' food. He first suggested that he give them three acorns(橡子) in the morning and four acorns in the evening.
Thereupon, the monkeys protested angrily. Then their owner said, "how about four in the morning and three in the evening?" The monkeys were satisfied with that.
This idiom originally meant to befool others with tricks. later it is used to mean to keep changing one's mind.
2.2023英语成语故事大全 篇二
The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and decided to each draw a picture of snake; the one who finished the picture first would get the wine.
One of them drew very rapidly. Seeing that the others were still busy drawing, he added feet to the snake.
At this moment, another man finished, snatched the beaker(烧杯,大口杯) and drank the wine, saying,"A snake doesn't have feet. How can you add feet to a snake?"
This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.
3.2023英语成语故事大全 篇三
In the Three Kingdoms Period, during a battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the latter ordered his generals Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to capture Cao Cao’s supplies.
Cao Cao led a large force against Zhao Yun, who retreated as fas as the gates of his camp.
There, he ordered that the banners be lowered and the war drums silenced, and that the camp gates be left wide open.
Zhao Yun then stationed(安置,驻扎) his troops in ambush(埋伏) nearly. When Cao Cao arrived and saw the situation, he immediately suspected a trap and withdrew his forces.
This idiom is nowadays used to indicate metaphorically(隐喻地) halting an attack or ceasing all activities.
4.2023英语成语故事大全 篇四
in the northern and southern dynasties when the state of chen (a.d. 557-589) was facing its demise(死亡,终止) , xu deyan, husband of the princess, broke a bronze mirror into halves.
each of them kept a half as tokens(代币,符号) in case they were separated. soon afterwards, they did lose touch with each other, but the two halves of the mirror enabled them to be reunited.
this idiom is used to refer to the reunion of a couple after they lose touch or break up.
5.2023英语成语故事大全 篇五
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