Idiom culture about monkey picks

inChinese zodiacApes and humans in most similarities.Maybe it is because of the comparability is too strong, weakened the human "inevitability" lofty status in the nature, attract people to the ape emotional how much, so in Chinese idioms or colloquialisms almost contain derogatory sense about monkey.

Bring chop and change

This idiom comes from "chuang tzu? All things equal" : "being a male fu MAO, yue:" towards both three and four.'all the previously anger.

Yue: "but the four after three.The previously are pleasant.Previously (jQ), on the ancient books refers to a monkey;Being male is a monkey.Fu MAO, that is, giving chestnuts.Meaning only nominal or form without changing the substance or content by deceiving people, how to describe people after speech, capricious actions.However, no matter how changes in the yi, the monkey in the foolish position in the idiom is difficult to shake

Assist bring

This idiom comes from "historical records? Biographic sketches of xiang yu" : "human speech way assist ear, indeed as expected."Xiang yu in xianyang Qin Gong burning chamber, think you would like to return home, someone that is these words scold xiang yu is difficult to achieve great things.Assist the monkey hat, the monkey can't long wear crowned, metaphor way impatience.But there are also people who believe that it is said the macaques are clothes, but the heart still non-human.Later this idiom is appearance is decent, but nature has not changed, the irony is those who cling to power, seize communication.Obviously, the monkey was derided metaphors.

Bring to teach a monkey to climb a wood

This idiom comes from "the book of songs, lesser? Angle bow" : "do not teach a monkey to climb a wood."Nao (ndo), says a monkey on ancient books, sex is good wood, not to teach.Later generations that idiom is to guide people to do things, the monkey is still here a disgraceful role.

Bring in spirit

This idiom comes from Buddhism, metaphor people's mind vagrant scattered, what ape horse is difficult to control.The ape like still, Ma Shanben

Chi, second beast as metaphors, is really a genius.

Bring the ape crane worm sand

This idiom comes from the art type volume ninety led jin?Ge hong "holding tastes", "one soldier, king mu have completely, the gentleman for apes for cranes, figures for worms for sand."The posterity of those who died to metaphor or the people died in the war.As metaphors, the ape was also not all use the derogatory sense.

Bring JianZuiHouSai

This is a common metaphor looks ugly or no blessing."As a warning" metaphor to punish a person with threats or a warning to others.In the two idioms, the monkey played a bad role.But the monkey has its sly side, from the 17th century French?Dan in the fable "the monkey and the cat" letter "touched the" a word that is: the monkey to defraud the cat paw chestnuts in the fire, chestnut food by monkeys, the hair on the cat's paw is light fire.Metaphor venture for other, but not suffer a bit better

In addition to "date", "mourning bowel grieved about apes" idiom, is also active in all.