The arrow missed. Someone laughs at you for playing idioms.

In the idiom guessing game, the answer is "up and down".

suggestion

During the Spring and Autumn Period, since the death of Qi Jinggong Prime Minister Yan Ying, no one accused him of his faults face to face, so he felt very depressed.

One day, Qi Jinggong hosted a banquet for all the officials in the guest house. After the banquet, they all went to the square to shoot arrows for fun. Every time Qi Jinggong shoots an arrow, even if he doesn't hit the center of the arrow magpie, the civil and military officials shout loudly: "Good! Wonderful! " "It's really like archery, unique in the world."

Later, Qi Jinggong told the story to his courtiers. Zhang Xianzhong said to Gong Jing, "You can't blame all the courtiers for this. The ancients said, "Go up and then down. "What the king likes to eat, his ministers also like to eat; What the king likes to wear, ministers also like to wear; The king likes to flatter, and naturally, his ministers often flatter the king. "

Gong Jing listened to Zhang Xianzhong's words and thought that Zhang Xianzhong's words were very reasonable, so he sent his entourage to reward Zhang Xianzhong with many precious things. Zhang Xian looked at it and shook his head. He said, "Those who flatter the king just want more rewards. If I receive these rewards, I will become a despicable person! " He accepted these precious things without saying anything.

Later generations described "upward behavior, downward effect" as something that people above liked to do, and people below followed suit.