filch like rats and snatch like dogs(shǔ qiè gǒu tōu)

filch like rats and snatch like dogs

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh ǔ Qi è g ǒ ut ō u, which means like a mouse stealing a little, like a dog stealing oil. A thief's touch. It comes from the biography of Liu Jingshu and sun Tong in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Jingshu's biography of sun Tong in historical records: "this special group of thieves, the rats and the dogs, can't be placed between their teeth."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: rat and dog, rooster and dog, Liang shangjunzi

Antonym: a gentleman

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's an object and an attribute.

Examples

I'm not worried about you. The 75th chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty

The eighth chapter of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "Duke Fu said:" Beirong's repeated invasions were nothing but rat stealing and dog stealing. If we go away with a large-scale invasion, we will not be able to live in peace in the future. " They sent people to borrow troops from Lu, Wei and Zheng. On the one hand, he went to Licheng with his son yuan and grandson Dai Zhong to resist the enemy. "

Chinese PinYin : shǔ qiè gǒu tōu