Idiom Story Explanation 15, Idiom Story Explained

Once upon a time, there was a countryman who lost an axe. He thought that the neighbor's son had stolen it, so he paid attention to the man's every word and deed, and the more he looked, the more he felt that the man looked like a thief with an axe. Later, the man who threw the axe found the axe, which turned out to be lost in the valley by negligence when he went up the mountain to cut wood a few days ago.

After finding the axe, he met the neighbor's son again, and when he looked at him again, he didn't look like a thief anymore.

Suspicious neighbor stealing axe: not paying attention to the factual basis, suspicious of people and things.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a farmer in the Song Kingdom, who always thought that the crops in the field were growing too slowly. He thought to himself: Is there any way to make them grow taller and faster?

One day he came to the field and pulled up the seedlings one by one. It took a lot of effort to pull out a large number of seedlings one by one, and by the time he finished pulling out the seedlings, he was exhausted, but he was very happy in his heart. When he returned home, he boasted:

I'm tired today, and I've helped the seedlings grow a few inches taller! When his son heard this, he hurried into the field, and found that all the seedlings had died.

Draw a snake then put legs on it. There was a contest in which the rule was that whoever drew a snake first would have a glass of wine, and one person drew it quickly, and when he had taken the wine and was about to drink it, he looked at the other people who had spent a little bit, and he thought, why don't I add a foot to the snake? The other person drew it, and the one who snatched the wine said:

I drew it first, and I should drink the wine. "You were the one who added the snake's feet!! ”

During the Warring States period, the army of Qin surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao, and the situation was very critical. Pingyuan planned to lead 20 disciples to complete this mission, but he had already selected nineteen, and there was still one less to decide. At this time, Mao Sui volunteered to go, but Pingyuan Jun was skeptical and reluctantly took him to Chu State.

After Pingyuan Jun arrived in the state of Chu, he immediately talked with the king of Chu about "aiding Zhao", and the conversation was fruitless for a long time. At this time, Mao Sui said to the king of Chu: "We came to ask you to send reinforcements today, and you didn't say a word, but don't forget, although the state of Chu has a large army, it has suffered defeats one after another, and even the country has been lost, in my opinion, the state of Chu needs to unite to resist Qin more than the state of Zhao!"

Mao Sui's words convinced the king of Chu and immediately agreed to send troops to aid Zhao.

After Pingyuan Jun returned to Zhao State, he said with emotion: "As soon as Mr. Mao arrived in Chu, Chu was heavier than Jiuding Dalu. ”

Handan toddler: Legend has it that the people of Handan, the capital of Zhao State, walk particularly beautifully. When a young man in Yan heard about it, he went to Handan to study despite the long distance.

At first, stay on the street and watch others walk, and then imitate; But I don't know why I don't like it. I thought it was because I was too used to the original posture, so I couldn't learn it well. So he discarded the original way of walking and walked exactly according to the way they were.

This time it was even worse, he had to think about how to swing his upper body, how to move his hands and feet, and even how far he could swing. As a result, every step is full of brains and nervousness, so that the more I learn, the more tired I become, and I make it indecent, which is very funny. In the end, I even forgot how to go, and had to climb back to Yan Kingdom.

This idiom warns us: Don't imitate others indiscriminately, lest you forget your own original things instead of learning what others have learned!

Go to the easy to check the book "Thirty-six Strategies", there are idioms and stories.

Wait for the rabbit. The story takes place in the Song Kingdom during the Warring States Period, where there is a farmer who works at sunrise and rests at sunrise. In a good year, just full of food and clothing; In the event of a famine, he will starve.

He wanted to improve his life, but he was too lazy and timid. He is lazy and scared to do anything, and he always wants to encounter good things that fall from the pie in the world.

A miracle finally happened, one day in late autumn, he was plowing the field with people hunting around. The shouts were loud and flowing, and the frightened little beasts ran for their lives. Suddenly, a rabbit, impartial, hit his head and killed the roots on the edge of his field.

That day, he had a good meal. From then on, he stopped farming. Guarding the magical roots all day long, waiting for the miracle to appear.

Explanation: The fable of waiting for the rabbit tells us that we can't have a fluke mentality of getting something for nothing, and if we want to get a harvest, we must take the initiative to fight for it. There are very few pies in the sky, don't do things yourself without working hard, just think about picking things up for nothing and taking advantage.

Only by working hard can you get the harvest you deserve.