Selling dogs and hanging sheep

Selling dogs and hanging sheep

Selling dog and hanging sheep, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à Ig à uxu á NY á ng, which means hanging sheep's head to sell dog meat. From Yanzi Chunqiu neipianzaxia.

The origin of Idioms

In Yanzi Chunqiu neipianzaxia, it is said that "the emperor's envoys should take it inside, but forbid it outside. It's just like hanging the head of an ox at the door and selling the breast of a horse inside."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in dealing with affairs.

Examples

Volume 16 of five Lantern Festival yuan written by Shi Puji in Song Dynasty: "hanging sheep's head, selling dog meat, bad backward, early almost out."

One by one, snakes swallow elephants, one by one, rabbits drive deer, one by one, dogs and sheep. Xue Lun Dao's "water fairy: indignation of the world" in Ming Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Hanging sheep's head, selling dog meat