The east wind shoots at the ear(dōng fēng shè mǎ ěr)

The east wind shoots at the ear

Shoot and blow. The east wind blows quickly across the horse's ears, which means to turn a deaf ear to other people's words.

Idiom explanation

The east wind shoots at the horse's ear. This is a metaphor for taking other people's words as the wind in the ear, turning a deaf ear to them, and being indifferent. Given heed & lt; like water off duck's back & gt;

Idioms and allusions

Source: Tang Libai's poem "reply to the king's twelve cold nights drinking alone with a heart" says: "reciting poems, writing Fu, in the North window, ten thousand words are not straight to a glass of water. When people hear this, they all turn around, just like the east wind shooting at a horse's ear. " Chapter 40 of twenty years of prosperous dream: "when I advised you to come here, you should be treated as if the east wind was blowing on your ears. On the contrary, others said that I treated my concubine harshly. Today you can save it." It is also called "the east wind passing through the ear". "Students in the United States There is no respect for teachers, and the new supervision is just like the east wind. " My words are not enough for you. synonym east wind blows on the ear, indifferent antonym care

Discrimination of words

Idiom example: to you, my words are not the east wind shooting at the horse's ear. Idiom structure: subject predicate formation: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : dōng fēng shè mǎ ěr