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What do you mean by pointing fingers at mulberry trees?

Explanation: refers to cursing at mulberry trees. A metaphor for scolding this person on the surface is actually scolding that person.

Pronunciation: zhǐ sāng mà huái

From: Cao Qingxue Qin's Sixteenth Story of A Dream of Red Mansions: "Which of these housekeepers in our family is easy to entangle? They make fun when they are wrong, and complain when they are wrong. "

Grammar: linkage; As subject, predicate and adverbial; With a derogatory connotation.

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Synonyms satirize the present from the past, with ulterior motives, using a pen to make subtle twists and turns, beating around the bush, using the topic to play, referring to mulberry cursing, innuendo, pointing at chickens and dogs, pointing at chickens and dogs, punning, pointing east and west.

Antonyms are close, name names, call a spade a spade, express one's own opinions, come straight to the point, call a spade a spade, call a first name, and be straightforward.

1, insinuation

Commentary: Legend has it that an animal named stork sprays people's shadows with sand in the water, which makes people sick. Metaphor secretly attack or frame people.

Said by: Jin Gan Bao's "Searching for the Gods" Volume 12: "Its name is a short fox, who can shoot people with sand. If he is in the middle, he will be nervous, have a headache and fever, and the dramatist will die." Bao Zhao's "Bitter and Hot Journey" in the Southern Song Dynasty: "Carrying sand and blowing shadows to blow painful photos."

Interpretation: Legend has it that there is an animal called cockroach that sprays people's shadows with sand in the water, making them sick.

Grammar: linkage; As predicate, attribute and adverbial; With a derogatory connotation.

2. Don't beat around the bush and say it directly

Explanation: You can see the mountain by opening the door. It is a metaphor to talk or write an article directly on the subject without beating around the bush.

Said by: Qinglong Temple in Deren, Liu Tang: "This place can last all day. When you open the door, you can see several peaks."

Interpretation: You can see several peaks when you open the door here every day.

Grammar: linkage; As predicate, attribute and adverbial; Used to talk or write articles.