Typical examples and fables from ancient and modern times at home and abroad about connotation, no less than 5 in each category

1. Architect

A lady called the architect and said that her bed would shake every time a train passed by.

"That's nonsense," the architect replied, "I'll take a look."

When the architect arrived, the lady suggested that he lie down in bed and experience the train passing by. the feeling of time.

As soon as the architect went to bed and lay down, the lady's husband came back. Seeing this, he asked sharply: "What are you doing lying on my wife's bed?"

The architect replied tremblingly: "I said I was waiting for the train. Would you believe it?"

Epiphany

Some words are true, but they sound false; some words are false, but there is no doubt about it.

2. Seduction

A British gentleman and a French woman were riding in the same box. The woman wanted to seduce the British man. After she took off her clothes and lay down, she complained that she was cold. The husband gave her his quilt, but she still kept saying it was cold.

"How else can I help you?" the gentleman asked frustratedly.

"My mother always used her body to keep me warm when I was a child."

"Miss, there is nothing I can do about this. I can't jump off the train to find your mother." ? ”

Epiphany

A man who understands style is a good man, and a man who doesn’t understand style is even better.

3. Spoon

Mike walked into the restaurant and ordered a soup, and the waiter brought it to him immediately.

As soon as the waiter walked away, Mike shouted: "I'm sorry, I can't drink this soup."

The waiter gave him another soup, but he still said: "I'm sorry, I can't drink this soup." "I can't drink this soup."

The waiter had to call the manager.

The manager nodded respectfully to Mike and said, "Sir, this dish is our specialty and is very popular among customers. Could it be that you..."

"I mean "Where is the spoon?"

Epiphany

It is certainly a good thing to correct mistakes. But we often get rid of the correct ones and keep the wrong ones. The result is that mistakes are added to mistakes.

4. Wrong Wearing

In the dining room, an extremely humble man timidly touched another customer, who was wearing a coat.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Pierre?"

"No, I am not." The man replied.

"Ah," he breathed a sigh of relief, "then I'm not mistaken, I am him, and you are wearing his coat."

Epiphany

It is not easy to be confident. People who are straight are often groveling, while people who are crooked are as arrogant as an ox.

5. Call back

A Scotsman went to London and wanted to visit an old friend, but he forgot his address, so he sent a telegram to his father: "You Do you know Thomas’s address? Quick Notice 1

On the same day, he received an urgent call back: “Yes. ”

Epiphany

When we finally find the most correct answer, we find that it is the most useless.

6. Sad story

Three people went to New York for a vacation. They booked a suite on the 45th floor of a high-rise hotel.

One night, the elevator in the building broke down, and the waiter arranged for them to stay in the lobby for the night. >After discussion, they decided to walk back to the room and agreed to take turns telling jokes, singing and telling stories to reduce the fatigue of climbing the stairs.

The jokes were told and songs were sung, and they finally climbed to the 34th place.

"Okay, Peter, tell me a funny story.

Peter said: "The story is not long, but it is extremely sad: I forgot the key to my room in the hall." ”

Epiphany

We are in pain, so we are humorous; we are humorous, so we are happy.

7. Selling books

A very famous writer wants to visit the bookstore. The bookstore owner was so flattered that he quickly removed all the books and replaced them with the author's books. After the writer came to the bookstore, he was very happy and asked: "

Does your store only sell his own books?"

"Of course not." The bookstore owner replied, "Others The book is selling very well and is sold out."

Epiphany

"Flattery" is a strange word: you seem to be flattering him, but also seeming to be insulting him.

8. Help

In the post office lobby, an old lady walked up to a middle-aged man and said politely: "Sir, please help me write the address on the postcard. Okay?"

"Of course." The middle-aged man did as the old man asked.

An old lady said again: "Write a short paragraph for me, please? Thank you!"

"Okay." The middle-aged man wrote as the old lady said. Finally, he asked with a smile: "Is there anything else that I can help with?"

"Well, there's just one more little thing." The old lady looked at the postcard and said, "Help me add this sentence at the bottom: Handwriting Sorry for the scrawl. ”

Epiphany

If you refuse to help, people will hate you for a week; if the help is not perfect, you might as well...

Historical story: Zhang Liang picked up Huang Shigong's shoes, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, Jiang Taigong fished, Li Bai ground the iron rod into a needle, and Mencius' mother moved three times. In the fable of Meng's mother's three migrations, it is recommended to read "Zhuangzi" Morning Three Evening Four

The spy gave it to him and said: " Three in the morning and four in the evening." All the snipers were angry. He said: "But it will be four in the morning and three in the evening." All the snipers were happy. The name and reality are not lost, but joy and anger are used, and this is also the case. Therefore, the sage and the right and wrong have nothing to do with each other. This is called two lines.

Zhuang Zhou Dreamed of Butterflies

In the past, Zhuang Zhou dreamed of a butterfly, a lifelike butterfly. Self-explanation is suitable for ambition and! I don’t know Zhou Ye. Suddenly I feel like I'm in a state of confusion. I wonder if Zhou Zhimeng is Hu Die? Hu Die's dream is Zhou Yu? Zhou and Hu Die must be different. This is called materialization.

The cook is undressing the ox

The cook is undressing the ox for Lord Wen Hui. He touches the ox with his hands, leans on his shoulders, walks on his feet, and leans on his knees. The swords and horses are sharp, and all of them are in the middle, and when combined with the dance in the mulberry forest, it is the meeting of the middle sutras. Lord Wen Hui said, "Hey, that's great! Is this the end of the skill?" Cook Ding Shi Dao said to him, "What I like is the way to go, which is the advancement of skills. When the first minister was cutting off the ox, he saw nothing more than a whole ox; Three years later, the whole cow has not been seen. At this time, the minister meets with the spirit and does not look at it with his eyes. The official knows it and the spirit wants to act according to the laws of nature, criticizing the big grains and guiding the big money, because of his skill. I haven't tasted the knife yet, but it's like a big cart of melons! The good cooks change their swords every year, and they cut them; the clan cooks change their swords every month, and they break them. The sword of this minister is nineteen years old, and it has cut thousands of oxen, and the blade is like a new hair. Yu Zhong. There is a gap between the blades and the blade is not thick. If there is a gap between them, there will be enough room for the blade to be used. Therefore, even if the blade is new in the 19th year, it will be in the clan. , I saw that it was difficult, I was frightened and took warning, I stopped, the action was late, the knife was barely used, the censorship was solved, like the soil holding the ground, I stood up with the knife, looked around for it, hesitated and full of ambition, and hid the knife well. "Wen Huijun said: "How good! I heard what the cook said, how can I maintain my health?"

Don't you know that my husband is a mantis? It is the beauty of his talent that he is angry and makes his arms feel like ruts, not knowing that he is incompetent. Be wary of it, be careful of it, if you accumulate attacks and become beautiful, you will offend them, how many times!

To moisten each other with foam

When the spring dries up and the fish are on the land, they say sentences to each other to moisten each other. It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes. Instead of praising Yao instead of Jie, it is better to forget both and change his ways. Chaos awakens

The emperor of the South China Sea is Sui, the emperor of the sea is Hu, and the emperor of the center is Chaos. Sui and Su met each other in the land of chaos, and Hunchao treated him very well. Su Yuhu planned to repay Hun Chao's virtue, saying: "Everyone has seven orifices for seeing, hearing, eating and breathing. This is unique. Try to dig them out." One orifice was dug out every day, and Hun Chao died in seven days.