a fox-fur robe with lambskin sleeves

a fox-fur robe with lambskin sleeves

Fox fur lamb sleeve, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú Qi ú g ā oxi ù, which means that the whole is good, with some shortcomings. From Zuo Zhuan, the fourteenth year of Xianggong.

Idiom usage

In general, the metaphor is good, but it has some shortcomings. Examples must make their own laws, so that they can be avoided.

The origin of Idioms

In the fourteenth year of Xianggong, Zuo Zhuan: "if I don't talk about the beginning, I will have a fox fur and a lamb sleeve."

Idiom explanation

Fur: fur coat; Lamb: lambskin. Fox clothes, lamb sleeves. The metaphor is good on the whole and has some shortcomings.