1.2023英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事大全 篇一
In the spring and autumn period, a man in the state of song raised monkeys. The monkeys could understand what he said.
As the man became poor, he wanted to reduce the monkeys' food. He first suggested that he give them three acorns(橡子) in the morning and four acorns in the evening.
Thereupon, the monkeys protested angrily. Then their owner said, "how about four in the morning and three in the evening?" The monkeys were satisfied with that.
This idiom originally meant to befool others with tricks. later it is used to mean to keep changing one's mind.
2.2023英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事大全 篇二
In the Warring States Period, a man in the state of Chu was offering a sacrifice(祭品) to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants.
The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and decided to each draw a picture of snake; the one who finished the picture first would get the wine.
One of them drew very rapidly. Seeing that the others were still busy drawing, he added feet to the snake.
At this moment, another man finished, snatched the beaker(燒杯，大口杯) and drank the wine, saying,"A snake doesn't have feet. How can you add feet to a snake?"
This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.
3.2023英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事大全 篇三
In the Three Kingdoms Period, during a battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the latter ordered his generals Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to capture Cao Cao’s supplies.
Cao Cao led a large force against Zhao Yun, who retreated as fas as the gates of his camp.
There, he ordered that the banners be lowered and the war drums silenced, and that the camp gates be left wide open.
Zhao Yun then stationed(安置，駐扎) his troops in ambush(埋伏) nearly. When Cao Cao arrived and saw the situation, he immediately suspected a trap and withdrew his forces.
This idiom is nowadays used to indicate metaphorically(隱喻地) halting an attack or ceasing all activities.
4.2023英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事大全 篇四
in the northern and southern dynasties when the state of chen (a.d. 557-589) was facing its demise(死亡，終止) , xu deyan, husband of the princess, broke a bronze mirror into halves.
each of them kept a half as tokens(代幣，符號(hào)) in case they were separated. soon afterwards, they did lose touch with each other, but the two halves of the mirror enabled them to be reunited.
this idiom is used to refer to the reunion of a couple after they lose touch or break up.
5.2023英語(yǔ)成語(yǔ)故事大全 篇五
Long, long ago, a farmer thought the shoots in his fields were not growing fast enough. He wanted to help them.So he pulled every shoot up, then went home, feeling very tired but very satisfied. "Look, how great I an! I can think out such a good idea.From now on, my shoots will grow faster and faster," he thought. "I an very tired today," he said to his family, "I've been helping the young shoots to grow."When his son heard this, he ran out to the fields to have a look.To his surprise, he found all the shoots weredead.
