打草惊蛇

/ dǎ cǎo jīng shé /

1
wake a sleeping dog
中国人比喻饭量小的人说：“吃饭像只猫”(eat like a bird)，打草惊蛇(wake a sleeping dog)，画蛇添足(paint the lily),像热锅上的蚂蚁 (1ike a cat on a hot brick),挥金如土(spend money like water)，对牛弹琴(cast pe...
2
To wake a sleeping wolf
... To bell the cat （老虎头上捉虱子）； To wake a sleeping wolf （打草惊蛇）； To throw pearls before swine （对牛弹琴）； ...
3
to beat the grass and frighten away the snake
as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 to beat the grass and frighten away the snake? 打草惊蛇 to make a pig of oneself 贪得无厌 ..
4
act rashly alert the enemy
... 错综复杂的anfractuous daedal reticula sinuous 打草惊蛇act rashly alert the enemy 大材小用waste one"s talent on a petty job ...

短语

1
他关上门离开，绝不打草惊蛇。斻。
He shuts the door on the sleeping dog of his own departure.
2
“打草惊蛇”这个成语就是由上面这个故事产生的。
The above story provided the idiom "Stir the grass and startle the snake".
3
打草惊蛇故事发生在建州，有一天，城内有个人丢失了一件非常珍贵的东西。
Beat the Grass To Startle the Snake One day, in the county of Jian-zhou, there was a man who lost a precious object.

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