cover one 's face and creep away

cover one 's face and creep away

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p à NGT ó ush à Cu à n, which means to run away in a hurry. It comes from the biography of Huaiyin marquis in historical records by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Holding his head, he ran away like a mouse. It describes the embarrassment of running away in a hurry.

The origin of Idioms

In Sima Qian's biography of Huaiyin marquis in historical records of the Western Han Dynasty, "the king of Changshan carried the king of Xiang on his back and fled to the king of Han on his head."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: scurry with one's head, scurry with one's head

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial to describe the embarrassed appearance of the enemy. example Tianwei is on the top, the thief is brave and brave, and he shouts for sorrow. Lu You, Song Dynasty