Stealing the bell from the ear: It was originally an ancient idiom in China. The original intention is that a bell thief covers his ears for fear that others will find him and think that others can't hear the bell. Try to cover up what you can't cover up. The metaphor of self-deception is usually self-deception. From a fable in Lu Chunqiu Zanneng, the original text is stealing a clock, and later the clock evolved into a clock, but it is not commonly used. Synonym: Please accept self-deception and be satisfied.

The significance of stealing clocks

spell

Lady Yang

source

During the Warring States Period, Lu Chunqiu said: "If people have a clock, if they want to leave it, the clock will be too big to fail. Destroy it with vertebrae, and the bell will ring. I am afraid that people will smell it and take it away, covering their ears. "

use

Linkage type; As predicate, attribute and adverbial; derogatory sense

example

Hong Shen's "The Mystery of the Rich" Act IV: "I thought I could keep my lofty, didn't I hide my ears?"

synonym

Self-deception, self-defeating

antonym

Frank and sincere

A riddle written on a lantern

listen attentively

suggestion

Once upon a time, there was a man who was stupid and selfish. He also has a bad habit of taking advantage. No matter what he likes, he always tries his best to get it and even steal it.

Once, it took a fancy to a bell hanging on a gate. The doorbell of this door is exquisite, beautiful and loud. He thought, how can I get it? Finally decided to steal it.

He knew that if he touched the bell with his hand, it would ring. As soon as the doorbell rings, the ear will hear the bell. When it rings, people will find it. You won't get a bell. So what should we do?

He suddenly thought of a way. He thinks that when the doorbell rings, his ears will hear it. Cover your ears, so you can't hear? So, he cleverly used this method to steal the doorbell.

One night, he climbed to the gate by moonlight. He reached for the doorbell, but it was too high to reach, so he had to come back disappointed. What does he want to do when he gets home?

He wants his deaf neighbors to steal the bell together, so that he can step on his shoulder to pick the bell. But I was afraid that others would not do it and steal with him, so I had to step on the stool and pick the bell myself.

The next night, he crept to the gate with a stool. He stepped on the stool, covered his ears with one hand and picked up the bell with the other. Who knows that he just touched the bell when it rang, and the owner of the house found it and caught him. Because other people's ears are not covered, they can still hear the bell.

explain

Cover up: cover up, cover up; Steal: steal. Steal the bell and cover your ears for fear that others will hear you. Metaphorically, you are deceiving yourself, and you must try to cover up what you can't cover up clearly.

point out

Ringtones exist objectively and will not disappear because you block your ears; Everything in the world also exists objectively, not because you close your eyes, it no longer exists or changes its shape. Although this fable is short, it vividly illustrates a basic principle of dialectical materialism: ignoring and studying objective reality is self-deception and will eventually suffer.

original text

Fan's death is also (1), and the people have a clock (2). If you want to go negative, then the clock is too big to go negative; As the spine is destroyed (4), the bell rings (5). I'm afraid people will smell it and take it away, covering their ears. -Lv Chunqiu

Grammatical connection; As predicate, attribute and adverbial; derogatory sense