Local owls in clothes
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī Gu ā NT ǔ Xi ā o, which means animals in clothes, refers to people with extremely bad moral character and despicable behavior. It's from Song dynasty sun Guangxian's North dream Suoyan.
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
Analysis of Idioms
Beast in clothes
The origin of Idioms
Volume 17 of sun Guangxian's northern dream Suoyan of Song Dynasty: "Su Kai, Gao Yixiu and Xiao Wenli are all poor bedfellows He Shuo people, eyes Su Kai for the local owl
Idiom explanation
Like a beast in clothes. A person of extremely bad character and low behavior.
Local owls in clothes
as the arm directing the fingers -- command with ease as one wishes - rú bì shǐ zhǐ
The Phoenix falls over the Phoenix - luán diān fèng dǎo
escape on getting wind of the matter - wén fēng ér táo
have whatever one 's heart desires - cóng xīn suǒ yù