蚁画蛇添足 蒈Onceuponatime,therewasanoblemanwhogavesomewinetohisservants．Thewinewasnotenoughforall．Theservantsfinallydecidedwhoeverfirstfinisheddrawingasnakeonthegroundwouldgetthecupofwine．Oneoftheservantsfinisheddrawingfirst．Hetookupthecupandwasabouttodrinkthewinewhenhethoughtofaddingfeettothesnake．Hewentondrawing．Thenanotherservantfinisheddrawinghissnake.Hesnatchedthewinecupanddrankupthewinesaying:“ItisIwhofirstfinisheddrawingthesnake．Whatyouhavedrawnisnotasnake．Asnakedoesn'thavefeet.” 螃杞人忧天 蒄IntheSpringandAutumnPeriod,intheStateofQi,therewasamanwhoalwayslethisimaginationrunawaywithhim.Onedayheevenworriedthattheskywouldfallonhishead.Hewassoworriedthathecouldneithereatnorsleep.Later,someonepersuadedhimthathisfearswereground-less.Thisidiomsatirizesthosewhoworryunnecessarily. 蒀东施效颦 薈IntheSpringandAutumnPeriod(春秋时期,770-476BC),therewasabeautyintheStateofYuecalledXishi.Sheoftensufferedfrompainsinherchest,andsoshewouldoftenwalkarounddoubledoverandwithherbrowsknitted.TherewasanuglygirlinthevillagecalledDongshiwhoenviedXishi.StrivingtoemulateXishi,sheimitatedherstoop,knittingherbrowsatthesametime.Shethoughtthatthismadeherelegant,butinfact,itonlymadehermoreugly.Later,thisidiomcametobeusedtoindicateimproperimitationthatproducesthereverseeffect. 膄草木皆兵 羂InAD383,thekingofFormerQin(秦朝),FuJian(fújiān苻坚),ledahugearmytoattackEasternJin.Afterlosingthefirstroundoffighting,FuJianlookeddownfromacitywall,andwasterrifiedwhenhesawtheformidablebattlearrayoftheEasternJinarmy.Andthenlookingatthemountainsaround,hemistookthegrassandtreesforenemysoldiers.Asaresult,whenthenervousFuJianledhisarmyintobattle,itsufferedacrushingdefeat.Thisidiomdescribeshowonecandefeatoneselfbyimagingdifficulties. 艿塞翁失马 蚈NearChina'snorthernborderslivedamanwellversedinthepracticesofTaoism.Hishorse,fornoreasonatall,gotintotheterritoryofthenortherntribes.Everyonecommiseratedwithhim. "Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeablessing,"saidhisfather. 薅 蚄 Afterafewmonths,hisanimalcameback,leadingafinehorsefromthenorth.Everyonecongratulatedhim. "Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeacauseofmisfortune,"saidhisfather. 羈 螇 Sincehewaswell-offandkeptgoodhorses,hissonbecamefondofridingandeventuallybrokehisthighbonefallingfromahorse.Everyonecommiseratedwithhim. "Perhapsthiswillsoonturnouttobeablessing,"saidhisfather. 羆 Oneyearlater,thenortherntribesstartedabiginvasionoftheborderregions.Allable-bodiedyoungmentookuparmsandfoughtagainsttheinvaders,andasaresult,aroundthebordernineoutoftenmendied.Thisman'ssondidnotjoininthefightingbecausehewascrippledandsoboththeboyandhisfathersurvived. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/ad9865fabb1aa8114431b90d6c85ec3a86c28b15.html