point at the chicken and curse the dog
point at the chicken and curse the dog
Pointing at pigs and cursing at dogs is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is zh ǐ zh ū m à g ǒ u, which means pointing at pigs but cursing at dogs. It is also called "pointing fingers at chickens and swearing at dogs". From Chapter 11 of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] refers to the mulberry and the locust, refers to the chicken and the dog
The origin of Idioms
The 11th chapter of "Jin Ping Mei CI Hua" written by Lanling Xiaosheng in Ming Dynasty: "all kinds of pointing fingers at pigs and cursing dogs, bullying my girls."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, object, attribute and adverbial. Chapter 17 of the wizard of Oz by Li Baichuan in Qing Dynasty: "because Wen Wei is in charge of domestic affairs, he is angry, but he makes a lot of noise every day."
point at the chicken and curse the dog
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