叶公好龙叶，旧读sh。汉刘向《新序杂事五》：“叶公子高好龙钩以写龙，凿以写龙，屋室雕文以写龙。于是夫龙闻而下之窥头于牖，施尾于堂。叶公见之，弃而还走，失其魂魄，五色无主。是叶公非好龙也好夫似龙而非龙者也。”后以“叶公好龙”比喻自称爱好某种事物实际上并不是真正[查看详情]

名不副实徒有虚名与实际不相符合。例名不副实的作家。英be sth.more apparent than real; be sth.more in name than in reality; be unworthy of the name (title); not millitary of the name;[查看详情]

阳奉阴违当众同意背后反对。例如有日与胥徒比而阳奉阴违，名去实存者，断以白简随其后。——《明臣奏议革大户行召募疏》英overtly agree, but covertly oppose; out wardly obey but inwardly oppose;[查看详情]

两面三刀比喻背地里诋毁别人挑拨是非。例你这两面三刀的东西我不希罕。——《红楼梦》英double-dealing; fire in one hand and water in the other; double-faced tactics;[查看详情]

虚有其表唐中书舍人萧嵩长大多髯。玄宗欲以苏颋为相命嵩起草诏书。既成不中玄宗之意，掷其稿于地，曰：“虚有其表耳。”事见唐郑处诲《明皇杂录》。后因称徒有外表没有实学为“虚有其表”。[查看详情]