About the idiom culture of sheep roundup

Chinese language is rich and colorful, there are many idioms relating to the sheep, some idioms and there is no lack of a sense of humor behind the story.

Bring the sheep garden

This idiom comes from The Three Kingdoms wei handan chun "jokes" : "some people often feed height her and eat mutton, dream god of five yue:" sheep flocking to garden!'this is just a fun, no deep meaning.Later generations that metaphor used to eat vegetables I eat animal food.To gain, more beautiful;If others in parables, not without sarcasm banter.

Bring about dog meat

The more commonly as "cry up wine and sell vinegar", metaphor duplicity, bright one dark one.This idiom originally has nothing to do with sheep, dogs, and had an affair with cattle, horses, this idiom came from "under this spring and autumn period? The article miscellaneous".JiLing xi let palace disguised as men, was stunted by the compatriots, but nothing worked.This alignment spirit and said, "you make suits to the inside, and forbidden to outside, still hanging cattle first in the door, and to sell horse meat is within.And why not to do, don't dare to also."Spirit and listen to the proposal, disguised as men be banned completely.The direct source of the "sheep dog" a word is "continued ChuanDeng record" of zen Buddhism scriptures volume 31, haze is China (1103-1163 AD) Jackson:

Huqiu (haze degrees of) died, and burn incense yue: "life not hing, ran on the wisdom of the old monk, do tricks, which come may.The discharge is important from then on, with the goodHave a meal.For 20 years by QuLu bed (zen chair), hang sheep head sell vinegar, know what credentials it!Although, incense, annual eternal hate go deep."

From the first horse meat "bull" to "sheep head dog meat", how to transform, has not known today.

Bring about better late than never

This is today the use of high frequency proverb, this idiom came from "ce? Chu policy four" : "never too late to see the rabbit and the dog.Better and fill up, never too late to."The effect is seenThe rabbitAnd motioned the hound's not too late;The sheep run away, and then to repair the sheepfold and to late.Metaphor after an error occurs if timely remedy them still in time to avoid greater losses.Bring about sheep skins metaphor within very weak, sham.This idiom comes from han Yang xiong method? My son: "the sheep skins, see grass and yue, jackal, forget the skin of a tiger."

Bring the sheep malicious greedy Wolf

Metaphor vicious desire to marry.This idiom comes from the historical records? Biographic sketches of xiang yu, the original general chu on Song Yi warned repeatedly the desire to advance qin xiang yu's words: "the fierce like a tiger, malicious like sheep, corruption, such as wolves, not angel, is to cut it."And xiang yu did not yield to kill Song Yi father and son, military cross the rubicon, rate of every beat qin, established the military status of the individual.

Bring about circuit wu feng

This idiom comes from the example? Operator said: "Yang Zizhi neighbor better rate its party, please Yang Zizhi vertical chase again.Yang zi yue: "xi!Wu the followers of the a sheep?"Neighbor said," many circuit.'both the, q:' a sheep?"Yue:" wu yi."Yue:" xi wu?"Yue:" how have disambiguation of circuit, I don't know that, so

Also.'...G is Confucius said: 'avenue to better more disambiguation, scholars in many were killed.'" future generations with "circuit better" this idiom is due to the complicated and changeful go astray, and hard way to go.

Idioms about sheep and some not commonly used, such as "yellow ocher sheep contact shen," metaphor in a dilemma, taking the RAMS horn hook on the fence.This idiom comes from theThe I ching?Big strong ", "yellow ocher sheep touch shen, won the corner."Won, stuck.And as "'ll tell new left sheep ", is the meaning of the metaphor can be evaded, this idiom came from "the analects of Confucius? Eight Yi" : "zi gong'll to Sue: and left the sheep, Confucius said:" give, also love the sheep, I suffer the ceremony.'" weeks, right in the JiDong each year in the second year of the almanac awarded to warlord, called "new moon".Governors in monthly ShuoRi (lunar month) line to the temple of scenes, and the sheep for the offerings.But since Ruben and this system has not, the Chinese authorities still'll for left and sheep, and so the zigong, theziyuau) to get rid of it, and the Confucius is to keep a virtual some ritual, and there was this idiom'll tell new left the sheep.

In addition, such as "sheep fell in escaping", "narrow footpath", "such as Wolf sheep" idiom, although also have the source, but looked meaning clear.As for "the wool is on sheep's body," "sheep camel" in such as saying, today is still active in people life, this is perhaps YangShengXiao an honor.