Book in company
Accompanying food in the book, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à NSH í zh à ngsh à, meaning that the ruling minister is cowardly and unable to do anything. It comes from the biography of Hu Quan in the history of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The biography of Hu Quan in the history of the Song Dynasty: "Sun Jin's Fu Hui's discussion led him to learn about political affairs. The world was hungry for governance, but he was not willing to do anything when he was close to the book in the middle of the food."
Idiom usage
As the subject and object, it refers to the officials who have done nothing. Some people have put in anonymous poems: "the article's price is high, the book is in the company, and the day is West; looking back on the spring green of Xiangjiang River, the partridge crows and the Zi Gui crows." Lang Ying, Ming Dynasty
Analysis of Idioms
The prime minister
Book in company
get punished quickly for the evil one has just done - xiàn shì xiàn bòo
store up goods to make a good bargain - tún jī jū qí
this election campaign has seen all the usual mud-slinging we have come to expect . / there has been a lot of political mudslinging in the battle for votes - è yì zhòng shāng