Shrug one's shoulders and bend one's back
Shrug one's shoulders and bend one's back
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ǒ ngji ā NQ ū B è I, which means shrugging shoulders and bending back, describes aging or poor appearance. It's from Wu Jianren's strange situation witnessed in 20 years in Qing Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Used as predicate or attributive; refers to aging or poor appearance
Examples
See only four Ming in front of her shrug shoulder curving ruthlessly pull out the cloth Chinese jacket under the robe of the big skirt back pocket.
Analysis of Idioms
Shrug one's shoulders and shrink one's back
The origin of Idioms
The 43rd chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty: "those who are invited to help review the papers are scared and sour."
Idiom explanation
Shrug your shoulders and bend your back. It is used to describe aging or poor appearance.
Shrug one's shoulders and bend one's back
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