| 释义 |
Examples:lit. say grapes are sour when you can't eat them—come when called (idiom); ready and compliant—turtle's egg (highly offensive when directed at sb)—When we get the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (common saying); fig. Everything will turn out for the best.—zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)—lit. turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis—not knowing when come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety—when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time—the part of a number which is discarded when rounding down—(when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme adj—When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.—fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally—lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact—lit. clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble—When two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom). If it comes a fight, someone will get hurt.—neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)—tone of one's voice when asking a rhetorical question—When you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do—many fleas, but unconcerned (idiom); no point in worrying about one debt when one has so many others—the family... (when preceded by a family name)—"Your Servant", form of address used when speaking a ruler—When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause—lit. a friend when wining and dining (idiom); fair-weather friend—when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers—one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)—lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise Heaven [idiom.]—classifier used when saying: types or kinds of sth.—When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. [idiom.]— |