dark around
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ti ā NH ū nd ì h ē I, which means abnormal interest. It comes from Han Yu's longyi in Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Han Yu's poem "the Dragon moves" in Tang Dynasty: "the sky is dim and the earth is dark, the Dragon moves, the thunder startles and the electricity excites the male and female to follow." Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 24 of his book the first moment of surprise: "I just heard a gust of wind passing by. It was dark and the ghosts were crying. I couldn't see my fingers in front of my eyes and fainted for a moment."
Analysis of Idioms
The sky is dim and the earth is dark
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, adverbial; of sky or society
Examples
Take a look at rural life. When farmers are busy, housewives are even busier. Tao Xingzhi's manifesto on the creation of Rural Kindergartens
dark around
a feast in which figures every delicacy from land and sea - shuǐ lù bì chén
attempt sth. beyond one's capability and end in failure - cāo dāo shāng jǐn
Use the public against private interests - yǐ gōng miè sī