cut the dress according to one 's figure

cut the dress according to one 's figure

Tailoring, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Li à NGT à C á iy à, which originally means tailoring clothes according to body size. It means doing things according to the actual situation. From Mo Zi · Lu Wen.

The origin of Idioms

Mo Zi · Lu Wen: "what is the ambition of Zi Guanwang of Yue? The king of Yiyue will listen to me and use my way. Then Zhai will go and measure his food and clothes. He will compare himself with other officials. How can Xi regard it as a seal

Idiom story

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a famous tailor in Beijing. His clothes were long, thin and fit. Once, the censor asked him to cut a court dress. The tailor measured his waist size and asked, "please tell me, how many years have you been an official?" The censor doctor was very strange: "it's enough for you to tailor your clothes. Why do you want to ask these questions?" The tailor replied, "the young prime minister has a high spirit when he is in a higher vocational college. When he walks, he should keep his chest straight, and his clothes should be short in the back and long in the front. When he has been an official for a certain period of time, his spirit should be flat, and his clothes should be the same length in the front and back. When he is an official for a long time and will move back, he will feel depressed. When he walks, he should bend down, and his clothes should be short in the front and long in the back. So, if I don't ask about the seniority of being an official, how can I cut clothes that fit my heart? " The censor thinks that the tailor's cleverness lies in that he not only measures the size according to the method of ready-made clothes, but also is good at grasping the characteristics of the object, from which he understands the "short and long principle".

Idiom usage

Act as predicate, object, clause; act according to circumstances. [example] as the saying goes, "go to any mountain and sing any song." And he said, "look at the vegetables and eat." Whatever we do depends on the situation. Mao Zedong's opposition party stereotype

Analysis of Idioms

[synonyms] live within your means, seek truth from facts, suit the right medicine to the case [antonyms] overestimate your strength [Tongyun CI] timid as a mouse, skin lead plain performance, split clothes wrapped knee, leakage to satisfy hunger, glue like paint, star current electric stimulation, eye about heart period, daily management, will be high on low, self perplexing. [lantern riddle] custom made clothes [allegorical sayings] eat according to the dishes and tailor according to the circumstances.