be cold-shouldered

be cold-shouldered

Sitting on the bench is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is "Zu ò L ě NGB ǎ nd è ng", which means to hold a leisurely post because of being ignored. It also means waiting for work or meeting for a long time. It's from the second moment of surprise.

Analysis of Idioms

If the sun rises in the middle of the day

Idiom usage

Yesterday, when he was summoned by CI Sheng, he said, "as long as I'm in charge for one day, I'll never let Li sit on the bench." (yanzhijing by Gao Yang)

The origin of Idioms

Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 22 of "the second moment makes a surprise" said: "Guo Xin is very grateful. He holds hundreds of money as if he had won a treasure. He only goes to guard the bench."

Idiom story

After five years, I came back to Beijing to ask my old neighbor about my business. There was no trace of the Guo family. There was no place to visit such a big capital. One day, I went to visit a relative named Chen Sheng. Before the host came out, he asked Mr. Menguan to accompany him. See a person Wei Wei Rui pace will come out, recognize, but Guo Xin. Wearing a broken headscarf, wearing a blue jacket, arms trembling to say a gift, the whole chair and sit. Looking at his face, Huang Gong was so cold that he asked, "Why are you here? And that's the shape? " Guo Xin sighed: "who knows such a thing? If you don't have enough money, you don't have to run out of it. " Huang Gong Dao: "how to say?" Guo daotong: "my father died unfortunately after he left to respect his face. There was a late mother, who was married after him. She lost everything and went back to her mother's home. The next day I went to ask, even this family had to move away, and they didn't know where to go. It's a pity that he knows a few words and teaches his pupils to live in this family. " Mr. Huang said, "I have no money. I have to keep a lot of land. I can't steal it." Guo Tongdao: "I don't know the number of the field property, and I don't know where the field property is. After my father's death, many books have disappeared. I don't know where another mu of land is." Mr. Huang said: "at the beginning, I tried to persuade you. Do you remember?" Guo Tongdao: "at the beginning, we used things. What's the origin of them? Only the way is so. See say to want to cherish expenses, just don't know what to cherish him to do. I don't know I haven't come here at all today! " Mr. Huang said, "how much do you get today?" Guo Tongdao: "how many? A thousand dollars a month is not enough. If you want to live day and night, just don't look for firewood and rice. " Mr. Huang said: "one day at that time, there would be one year of Library capital. It's a pity that the children of rich families are here! Poor thing I have hundreds of money with me. I will give it to him in the future, so that I can't see the meaning of my old friend. Shaoqing, when the master comes out, Huang Gong tells him that Guo Xin was born in a rich family, so he can treat him well. Guo Xin was very grateful, holding hundreds of money, as if he had a treasure in general, tightly collection, only to guard the bench.