sell stones as jade

sell stones as jade

Jade and jade, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu à NY à g à sh í, which means taking jade is attractive, but selling stone. Metaphors don't match what you say and do. It's from FA Yan Wen Wen.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yangxiong's "Fa Yan · Wen Wen" says, "who dazzles jade and Jiashi, is it deceitful?" Liu hunzhuan in the new book of Tang Dynasty: "it's the husband who dazzles the jade, but the one who Jiashi, who will be captured in the past, who will be the thief.".

Idiom usage

It refers to the difference between words and deeds

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: hang a sheep's head, sell dog meat, and have different opinions

Antonym: heart and mouth are the same