画蛇添足Onceuponatime,therewasanoblemanwhogavesomewinetohisservants．Thewinewasnotenoughforall．Theservantsfinallydecidedwhoeverfirstfinisheddrawingasnakeonthegroundwouldgetthecupofwine．Oneoftheservantsfinisheddrawingfirst．Hetookupthecupandwasabouttodrinkthewinewhenhethoughtofaddingfeettothesnake．Hewentondrawing．Thenanotherservantfinisheddrawinghissnake.Hesnatchedthewinecupanddrankupthewinesaying:“ItisIwhofirstfinisheddrawingthesnake．Whatyouhavedrawnisnotasnake．Asnakedoesn'thavefeet.”杞人忧天IntheSpringandAutumnPeriod,intheStateofQi,therewasamanwhoalwayslethisimaginationrunawaywithhim.Onedayheevenworriedthattheskywouldfallonhishead.Hewassoworriedthathecouldneithereatnorsleep.Later,someonepersuadedhimthathisfearswereground-less.Thisidiomsatirizesthosewhoworryunnecessarily.东施效颦IntheSpringandAutumnPeriod(春秋时期,770-476BC),therewasabeautyintheStateofYuecalledXishi.Sheoftensufferedfrompainsinherchest,andsoshewouldoftenwalkarounddoubledoverandwithherbrowsknitted.TherewasanuglygirlinthevillagecalledDongshiwhoenviedXishi.StrivingtoemulateXishi,sheimitatedherstoop,knittingherbrowsatthesametime.Shethoughtthatthismadeherelegant,butinfact,itonlymadehermoreugly.Later,thisidiomcametobeusedtoindicateimproperimitationthatproducesthereverseeffect.草木皆兵InAD383,thekingofFormerQin(秦朝),Fu激an(fú激ān苻坚),ledahugearmytoattackEastern激n.Afterlosingthefirstroundoffighting,Fu激anlookeddownfromacitywall,andwasterrifiedwhenhesawtheformidablebattlearrayoftheEastern激narmy.Andthenlookingatthemountainsaround,hemistookthegrassandtreesfor---本文于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---enemysoldiers.Asaresult,whenthenervousFu激anledhisarmyintobattle,itsufferedacrushingdefeat.Thisidiomdescribeshowonecandefeatoneselfbyimagingdifficulties.塞翁失马NearChina'snorthernborderslivedamanwellversedinthepracticesofTaoism.Hishorse,fornoreasonatall,gotintotheterritoryofthenortherntribes.Everyonecommiseratedwithhim."Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeablessing,"saidhisfather.Afterafewmonths,hisanimalcameback,leadingafinehorsefromthenorth.Everyonecongratulatedhim."Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeacauseofmisfortune,"saidhisfather.Sincehewaswell-offandkeptgoodhorses,hissonbecamefondofridingandeventuallybrokehisthighbonefallingfromahorse.Everyonecommiseratedwithhim."Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeablessing,"saidhisfather.Oneyearlater,thenortherntribesstartedabiginvasionoftheborderregions.Allable-bodiedyoungmentookuparmsandfoughtagainsttheinvaders,andasaresult,aroundthebordernineoutoftenmendied.Thisman'ssondidnotjoininthefightingbecausehewascrippledandsoboththeboyandhisfathersurvived.---本文于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---