eat vegetables but freely use abusive language

eat vegetables but freely use abusive language

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ù K ǒ um à R é n, which means swearing at people with a vegetarian tongue and comparing hypocrisy. It's from "what we see in Donggu · Ru Su" by Li Zhiyan of Song Dynasty.

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate, attribute, or object

The origin of Idioms

Li Zhiyan of the Song Dynasty wrote "Ru Su" in the East Valley: "the old saying is very good: it's better to recite Buddhism with meat than to curse people with meat."

Idiom explanation

Curse people with a vegetarian tongue. It's a metaphor for hypocrisy.