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

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is m ā OSH ǔ t ó NgR ǔ, which refers to officials' dereliction of duty. 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 October of the first year of Tianbao, Wei county had cats and mice in the same milk. It's better to be in the same breast than in the same place. "

Idiom usage

Subject predicate idioms

Examples

Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his book Shi Gang Ping Yao · Tang Ji · Dai Zong: "the governor of Longyou County, Zhu Wei, offered cats and mice to protect themselves from harm. All officials are congratulated. Cui Youfu said, "things are not normal. Why should we celebrate?" At this time, the imperial court is like a cat and a mouse. "