煥然一新
- Peter
《溫故知新》
那棟房子經過一星期的整修之後，煥然一新。
*After a week of repairs ， the house took on an entirely new look.
*look brand-new.
*having a bright new look.
煑豆燃箕
最小的弟弟用獵槍傷了他的哥哥時，那家人的煑豆燃箕達到高峯。
*The family’s fratricidal strife came to a peak when the youngest injured his older brother with a shotgun.
*boil beans with beanstalks – reference to a fight among brothers.
*fratricidal strife.
煑鶴焚琴
你最好不要邀請她，因為她是那種煑鶴焚琴的人。
*You’d better not invite her because she is the kind of person who is inappreciative of art or beauty.
*(reference to a rich vulgarian who ) cooked the crane for meat and burned a stringed instrument for fuel.
*inappreciative of art or beauty. (Peter)
