cover other's eyes and ears

cover other's eyes and ears

It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ NR é n ě RM ù, which means to block people's ears and eyes; it means to confuse and deceive others. It comes from Xuanhe legacy of the great song dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

"Although you want to cover people's eyes and ears, you can't get it."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] to cover up, to change the world, to deceive the superior and the inferior

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate, object and attribute with derogatory meaning. example you must fake someone and die on the road. In Chapter 12 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty and in Chapter 12 of the relief to refugees by Sima Guang of Song Dynasty, "Yangzi told us that it was difficult to live in Beijing, so we should go to fengshu as soon as possible. If you want to treat it like this in the name of being compassionate and covering people's eyes and ears, it may be harmful but not beneficial. " The 16th chapter of journey to the west by Wu Chengen in Ming Dynasty: the monk of guanyinyuan tries to steal the cassock from heifengshan: which two monks are not burned to death? It's a good cover up. Isn't cassock our family heirloom? The fourth chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "how can you hide people's eyes and ears by working thousands of miles and trudging for a long time?" Shen Jing of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the story of two pearls, memorials for Amnesty: "good or bad luck can't hide people's eyes and ears. I have no fear in my heart." Chapter 73 of Jing Hua Yuan written by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty: "just like other people's writings, they often steal Chen Bian's works and make them their own. They are afraid that others will see them and add their own meaning. They are so miscellaneous that they are forced to run through them and think they are hiding people's eyes and ears." Chapter 36 of Huang Xiaopei's twenty years of prosperous dream in Qing Dynasty: "change your clothes to hide your eyes and ears."