比喻一家人争吵。

Vessels clinking together

指假托为知心朋友。

claim sb. to be ones bosom friend who is actually not

客人反过来成为主人。比喻变被动为主动。

reverse the position of the host and the guest

比喻国家统一。同“同文共轨”。

Same writings and rules

同“ 田夫野老 ”。 金 元好问 《登封令薛侯去思颂》：“方春勸耕，遭田父野叟於途，慰以農里之言，而勉之孝弟之訓。”

Peasant fathers and old men of the fields

顾：回头看；复：反复。比喻父母养育的恩德。

kindness of caring for saying of the sons for their parents kindness

指招引意气相投的人。

Call friends together

兰因：比喻美好的结合；絮果：比喻离散的结局。比喻男女婚事初时美满，最终离异。

eventual breakup of a marriage

阋：争吵；墙：门屏。兄弟们虽然在家里争吵，但能一致抵御外人的欺侮。比喻内部虽有分歧，但能团结起来对付外来的侵略。

Brothers quarrelling at home join forces against attacks from without Internal disunity dissolves at the threat of external invasion

同文：全国所用的文字相同；共轨：全国车辙阔狭相同。统一文字，统一车辙。比喻国家统一。

Same script, standard measures

见“ 相依爲命 ”。

depend on each other for survival

泛指所有的人。

men and women, old and young

走的欢送，来的欢迎。形容忙于交际应酬。

busy entertaining guests

上面下面，往上往下，上级和下级，泛指单位的整体

from cellar to rafter/uphill and downhill

这：作为，充当；父母：即父母官。担任地方行政长官。

For the people, like parents

匠心：精巧的心思。形容精美独到的艺术构思。

Exquisitely ingenious

蒙骗上级，压迫下属和人民。

hoodwink those above and bully those below

形容关系密切如一家人。

be as ones own flesh and blood as intimate as ones own flesh and blood

指与亲人或熟人非常疏远。同“视若路人”。

Treat as a stranger

形容夫妻或相爱的男女十分亲昵。

bill and coo be very much in love whispers of love the intimate relations between man and woman