be a worthy son-in-law of sb.

be a worthy son-in-law of sb.

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is t ǎ NF ù D ō ngchu á ng, which means "son-in-law". It's from new sayings of the world - elegance.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in the book "new sayings of the world · elegance": "all the Lang of the Wang family are praiseworthy. When they hear that they are looking for a son-in-law, or they are self reserved, only Yilang is lying on the East bed with an open stomach

Idioms and allusions

Story 1: in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher, was very talented when he was young. Xi Jian, the Taiwei, thought highly of him and wanted to marry his daughter to him, so he sent someone to ask Wang Xizhi's Uncle Wang Dao to marry him. Wang Dao led the visitors to the East chamber. Only Wang Xizhi, with his clothes open and his stomach open, was eating on the East bed. The visitor went back to report to Xi Jian that Wang Xizhi was the one who was bared in the East bed. In Jingkou, Taifu sent his students to write with Wang Cheng to ask for his daughter. Prime Minister language Ying letter: "you go to the East chamber, arbitrary choice." GUI Baiying, a student of the school, said, "all the Lang of the Wang family are commendable. When he hears it, he is reserved; only Ichiro lies on the East bed with his stomach bare, if he doesn't hear it. " Ying Gongyun: "this is good!" I visited Yishao because I married my daughter and Yan. On one occasion, Chi Jian, a Taiwei, sent his students to see Wang Dao and wanted to choose a son-in-law among the Wang family's children. Wang Daorang sent someone to the east wing to see the Wang family. When the student returned, he said to Xi Jian, "all the children of the Wang family are good, but when they hear that there is a messenger coming, they are all stiff and unnatural. There is only one person sitting on the East bed, eating with his belly bare, as if nothing had happened." "This is the son-in-law I want to choose," Xi said It turned out to be Wang Xizhi. Xi Jian married his daughter to him.