Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Lucky day inquiry - Idioms beginning with the word cat

Idioms beginning with the word cat

Cats and mice sleep together? [māo shǔ soup door]?

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[sh ǔ Tang Mian]

Cats and mice sleep together. Metaphor officials dereliction of duty, shielding subordinates to do bad things. It is also a metaphor for collusion.

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"New Tang Book Five Elements": "In November of the first year of Longshuo, cats and mice were in Luozhou. Rats hide like thieves, cats scratch and bite, but like rats, they are like thieves who quit their jobs and become traitors. "

Cats eat parrots? [māo shìy ngwǔ]?

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Metaphor crowd out good people.

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Legend has it that there was a cat lover in ancient times who bought a cat from a neighbor's house on an auspicious day and prepared to catch mice. As a result, the mouse was not caught, so the cat tore open the cage first and ate the owner's favorite parrot.

Cats cry mice? [māo káloshǔ]?

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[Maio Crowe Shǔ]

Metaphor is false sympathy.

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Story 62 of Tang Dynasty: "I don't know where I came from, and I'm here with Taoist Niu Nose, crying cats and mice and pretending to be merciful."