thieves and police work together , as the cat and the rat sleep together

thieves and police work together , as the cat and the rat sleep together

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m āǔ OSH ǔ t ó ngch ǔ, refers to the official dereliction of duty, shielding subordinates to do bad things. It's also a metaphor for collusion. It comes from the book of the new Tang Dynasty, five elements annals I.

The origin of Idioms

In the new book of the Tang Dynasty, five elements annals 1: "in November of the first year of longshuo, Luozhou was a place where mice and cats lived together. Rats hide like thieves, while cats catch and bite. On the contrary, they are the same as rats, and those who steal like thieves abandon their jobs and allow adultery. "

Analysis of Idioms

Cat and mouse sleep together, cat and mouse milk together

Idiom usage

As object and attribute