| 释义 |
Examples:Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it—poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food—lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other—lit. reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak—Water that is too clear has few fish, and one who is too critical has few friends (idiom); You cannot expect everyone be squeaky clean.—The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).—Each has his likes and dislikes (idiom). There is no accounting for tastes.—return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school—Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.—recognize talent and have great respect for it—Fire and water have no mercy (idiom). forces of nature beyond human control—everyone has their likes and dislikes—have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content—Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time—cooking oil that has been used and discarded (and, in China, sometimes illegally recovered from gutters and sewers, reprocessed and sold back restaurants)—lit. have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis—everything has its advantages and disadvantages—a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)—the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken—fig. everyone has their strong and weak points—life has its ups and downs [idiom.]—there are no rivers one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu [idiom.]—lit. see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up [idiom.]— |