The cat eats the parrot(māo shì yīng wǔ)

The cat eats the parrot

It is said that in ancient times, there was a cat lover who bought a cat from his neighbor's house on an auspicious day and prepared to use it to catch rats. As a result, a mouse was not caught, and the cat tore the bird cage first and ate the owner's favorite parrot.

Idiom explanation

Pronunciation of words

māoshìyīngwǔㄇㄠㄕㄧˋㄧㄥㄨˇ

Meaning of words

1. It's a metaphor for crowding out good people. 2. It means to exclude and suppress good people.

Idioms and allusions

1. It's a metaphor for crowding out good people. Song Yueke's Parakeet edict: "in the middle of the Qiandao period, Yang Siqing had a voice in Xizhou, and the Qing Dynasty had a discussion on Tui. In the first trial of the city, there was an emissary, who did not want to be named. He was very proud of his embroidered clothes. He was angry that he didn't give up his will, and he was falsely impeached. Zhao Weigong was a Zuoshi. He heard that he did not wait for the bus. He went to the white temple and said, "for example, if the cat is in the neighborhood, it will be a rat. Is it possible for a mouse to hold a cage to eat a parrot before it can ask? " Up to now, Shu people talk about banter and regard those who are good at arranging roots as parrots 2. It means to exclude and suppress good people. Song Yueke's Parakeet edict: "in the Qiandao period, Yang Siqing had a voice in Xizhou, and the Qing Dynasty had a discussion on Tui Zhi. In the first trial of the city, there was an emissary, who did not want to be named. He was very proud of his embroidered clothes. He was angry that he didn't give up his will, and he was falsely impeached. Zhao Weigong was a Zuoshi. He heard that he did not wait for the bus. He went to the white temple and said, "for example, if the cat is in the neighborhood, it will be a rat. If the rat doesn't have time to ask, how can it be forgiven to carve a cage to eat the parrot? " When the people in the state asked him about it, they told him about it. They laughed with each other, but the impeachment documents were not up to standard Up to now, Shu people talk about banter and regard those who are good at arranging roots as "cat eating parrot."

Discrimination of words

In an unhealthy unit, interpersonal relationship will become very bad, so it's not surprising that cat eating parrot often happens. [usage] as object and attribute; used in figurative sentence [structure] subject predicate [age] Ancient [English] aparrotorparakeet [homonym] rouru Gang Tu, afraid of the dragon before, afraid of the tiger after, startled, outspoken ancestor, like a wolf like a tiger, promote countless, turn a blind eye to, refuse the wolf into the tiger, do not expose the axe, heart and bone

Chinese PinYin : māo shì yīng wǔ