scold the locust while pointing at the mulberry

scold the locust while pointing at the mulberry

It refers to sangshuohuai, a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is zh ǐ s ā ngshu ō Hu á I, which means to refer to this and scold that. It's the same as "pointing at mulberry and cursing locust". From chapter 69 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: refers to mulberry scolding locust, refers to East scolding West, refers to locust scolding Liu

The origin of Idioms

The sixty ninth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "all the girls' daughters in law are full of sarcastic remarks

Idiom usage

Used as predicate and adverbial; used in speaking and writing.