The food is in front of us
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh í f ā ngy ú Qi á n, which means to describe the affluence of eating, the same as "the abbot before eating". It comes from "think tank supplement, boudoir wisdom, Chen Zizhong's wife".
The origin of Idioms
According to Feng Menglong's "think tank supplement, boudoir wisdom, Chen Zizhong's wife" in Ming Dynasty, "the king of Chu appointed Chen Zizhong as prime minister, and Zhong said to his wife," today is prime minister, tomorrow will be the end of the road, and food will be in front. "
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and attributive to describe the wealth of eating. "Today is the prime minister, tomorrow is the end of the road, and the food is in front of us."
The food is in front of us
sometimes an inch may prove long - cùn yǒu suǒ cháng
Reward the same and punish the different - shǎng tóng fá yì
regard a hazardous location as level ground -- no fear of danger and difficulties - shì xiǎn ruò yí
entrust to another 's care the children one is about to leave behind as orphans - xíng gū jì mìng