Endure the last sentence of kicking me in the nose and face at the moment.

Endure pushing your nose and face for a while. The last sentence: Endure pushing your luck for a while, take a step back and push your nose and face, and do it when you should.

Pushing your luck is an idiom in China, which originated from Laozi's Tao Te Ching in the Spring and Autumn Period. It means that if you grow an inch, you want to grow another foot; Metaphor is endless greed; Generally, it is used as predicate, attribute and adverbial in sentences.

Idiom story

At the end of the warring States period, the seven chivalrous men competed for hegemony. After Shang Yang's political reform, Qin's power developed fastest, and Zhao Haoqi of Qin attempted to annex other countries. In 270 BC, Zhao Haoqi, Qin Xiang, set out to cut Qi. At this time, Fan Ju proposed to Zhao Xiang, the king of Qin, the strategy of "making friends far away and attacking near", which hindered Qin from attacking Qi. He said: Qi is far from Qin, with South Korea and Wei in the middle. Now I hear that the King will send troops to attack Qi. Even if you have a pleasant journey and defeat Qi, you can't rule Qi's land in the end.

If we really want to unify the whole country, we should adopt the method of far-reaching and near-attacking. We should temporarily stabilize Qi, which is far away from us, and attack some neighboring countries first. In this way, the territory of Qin can be continuously expanded, one inch is one inch, and one foot is one foot. When you merge Han and Wei, Qi will definitely lose it.

Hearing this, Zhao Xiang, the king of Qin, suddenly realized. In order to prevent Qi from forming an alliance with Korea and Wei, the King of Qin sent envoys to form an alliance with Qi. In the next 40 years, Qin Shihuang continued to adhere to the policy of "being friends with other countries and attacking them from near". First, they captured Korea and Wei, made friends with Qi and Chu, then invaded from two wings, attacked Zhao and Yan, and unified the north. Then conquer Chu and pacify the south; Finally, the Qi State was pacified, and the wish of reunifying China was finally realized.

Idiom implication

Pushing your luck is determined by the insatiable nature of some people. In today's society, everything should proceed from reality and gradually achieve its goal, and it is impossible to achieve it in one step.

"Pushing your luck" is an image metaphor for insatiable people. Only extraordinary and open-minded people can understand the truth of contentment. In fact, moderate material wealth is necessary, and it is right to pursue fame in order to realize one's ambition. The key is to see the starting point. Having a certain social status is the realistic requirement of personal ideal, and the pursuit of material richness is the driving force to stimulate market prosperity. For individuals, just because they are content with poverty and enjoy happiness, they can never deny the pursuit of material desires.

But if a person is surrounded by the smell of copper, turns himself into a slave to accumulate wealth, or does whatever it takes for wealth, speculates for power, and regards power as a tool to satisfy selfish desires, then such a person will always be insatiable and despised by gentlemen. Therefore, a man should know enough is enough, know that those who are satisfied are always happy, and remember not to be too greedy.