A collection of idioms about rats

　　Regardless of the small body of the mouse , he can occupy the first place in the zodiac sign, which shows his cleverness. In addition, his contribution to Chinese can also be described as "making the best use of everything."

　　▲Mouse liver worm arm

　　Later generations often use this idiom as a metaphor for the insignificant people or things. The language version of "Zhuangzi·Great Master": "Great fortune, and will Xi take you as yours? Will Xi take you as the liver? Take you as the rat liver? Take you as the worm arm. "?" It was originally a passage that Zili said when he came to visit the sick child: "Great! What is the creation of you? Where do you want to be sent? To turn you into the liver of a mouse Do you want to turn you into the arm of a worm?" So this phrase is also a metaphor for the fickleness of the world.

　　▲Squirrel's teeth

　　This idiom comes from "The Book of Songs·Zhaonan·Xinglu": "Who means that a bird has no horns, how can I wear my house? The woman has no home, why do I speed up the lawsuit?" The poem writes that a man forced to marry a woman, but was refused by the woman. "Mouse teeth and bird horns" can be used as a metaphor for violent forces, and can also refer to litigation or minor matters that have led to litigation. When used in disputes, it can also be written as "the teeth of a rat bird."

　　▲Luoque digging rat

　　It is often used as a metaphor of exhaustion to raise money by spreading nets to catch birds and digging holes to catch rats to satisfy their hunger. This idiom comes from the "New Tang Book · The Biography of Zhang Xun". It is said that Zhang guards Suiyang and runs out of food in the city.

　　▲City Fox Community Mouse

　　This idiom comes from "The Spring and Autumn of Yanzi: Questions on the Nine": "The husband agency, beam wood and paint it, so the mouse entrusts Yan, smokes it, fears burning its roots, irrigates it, fears defeating it, and this mouse cannot be killed. It is based on the society.” The foxes in the caves of the city walls and the mice in the social altars are reliant on doing evil because of their support. Naturally, they bite their teeth and hate them.

　　▲ Rat avoidance device

　　This idiom comes from Han Jiayi’s Public Security Policy: “The proverb says:'If you want to throw a rat, you should avoid an instrument.' This is a good metaphor. The rat is close to an instrument, but if you are not cast, you are afraid of hurting the instrument. !" Later generations are likened to want to eliminate harm and have scruples.

　　▲As timid as a mouse

　　This idiom comes from "The Biography of the Twelve Kings of Jingmu (Twelve Kings of Ruyin)": "Speaking with a hundred tongues, courageous like a mouse." It describes a person's courage.

　　▲Deer head

　　This idiom comes from the "Old Tang Book · Li Kui Chuan": "It is not useful to have a dragon and a phoenix posture, but the son of a deer head and rat eye is for an official." It was originally used to describe a person's humble appearance and wretched appearance. Later, it is often used to describe people whose appearance is not good, and their minds are not correct.

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