The nest has fallen

The nest has fallen

This is a metaphor for the disaster of extermination. It also means that the whole is destroyed, and some of them can not survive.

Idiom explanation

There is no escape from the disaster of destroying the family.

Idioms and allusions

According to the biography of Kong Rong in the book of the later Han Dynasty, when Kong Rong was arrested by Cao Cao, there was a seven-year-old woman and a nine-year-old son. They were playing chess and could not move. He asked his father why he didn't get up and said, "an you's nest is destroyed but the eggs are not broken!" It means that if the father is killed, he will not be spared. I don't dare to cherish all my snares, what can I do! The poem of five birds by Huang Zunxian in Qing Dynasty

Discrimination of words

Used as object and attribute; used to admonish people