释义 |
曲突徙薪 | qū tū xǐ xīn | To bend the chimney and remove the fuel. (literal) • To guard against danger. • A stitch in time saves nine. • If you kill one flea in March, you kill a hundred. • Who repairs not his gutters repairs his whole house. [同义] 有备无患 Forewarned is forearmed. [反义] 厝火积薪 He lives unsafely that looks too near on things. [源] 汉书·霍光传:“曲突徙薪无恩泽,焦头烂额为上客。” |