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? 五 .Differences in historical events ? There is no lack of idioms alluding to historical events. Such idioms are simplystructured but highly significant. And they cannot be just understood and translated from the literal meaning. ? 守株待兔 掩耳盜鈴 亡羊補(bǔ)牢 三個臭皮匠,頂個諸葛亮 ? 班門弄斧 龜兔賽跑 名落孫山 葉公好龍 解鈴還須系鈴人 ? Most of English idioms of historical allusions e from the Bible and Greek and Roman mythologies. ? (1) a Pandora‘ s box—— 潘多拉之盒,災(zāi)難和禍害的根源 ? (2) the lost sheep—— 迷路的羔羊,比喻失足少年 ? (3) Judas39。 ? (3) God is on the side of the big battalions. —— 天助強(qiáng)者。s life and mind, and on the English and Chinese languages as well. ? 1) Buddhism, one of the three great religions in the world, has been practiced in China for nearly 2,000 years. It is a Chinese conviction that Buddha has control of everything in the world. It is believed that life is a bed of bitterness and everything is empty. It is not necessary to feel nostalgic for the good old days. One cannot be free of worries and anxieties unless he is a truthful Buddhist and be void of all desires. So there are many idioms in this reg