犹言膏唇拭舌。岐舌，指舌头上耍花招，说话反复无常。

Oily lips and forked tongue

指显现微妙之处，阐明幽深之理。

Subtly revealing and explaining the hidden

指辜负众人的期望。

disappoint those who had hopes or confidence in a person

殷：富足。阜：多，盛；丰富。使百姓富足，使财物丰富。亦作“民殷财阜”、“殷民阜利”。

The People of Yin Prosper

以帷罩灯，以匣藏剑。比喻真相难明，令人猜疑。

Curtains, lamps, boxes, and swords

指事君之正道。

The meaning of the three admonitions

形容大声哭叫，声音凄厉。同“神号鬼哭”。

Gods howl and ghosts cry

指使饥饿者得食，疲劳者休息。

Eat when hungry and rest when tired

指不断的毁谤能使人毁灭。同“积谗磨骨”。

Accumulate slander and crumble bones

原来比喻诗的风格典雅。后比喻经受失败而无怨忿。

Fallen flowers speak no words

比喻谈吐文雅。

Words bloom like flowers

切：切合；中：恰好对上；病：害处。指发表的言论正好击中当时社会的弊病。

Address the timely illness

形容多嘴，说话随便。

Thin lips speak freely garrulous and sharp-tongued

指评论好坏是非。

Discussing the long and short of the path

古指未满八岁而夭折。因未成年，无丧服之礼，故称。

The tragedy of having no clothing

千千万万人说同样的话。比喻意见一致。

Unanimous

搜：寻求；摘：选取。指抄袭他人文章的词句。

search for chapters and pick sentences

笼：牢笼。旧时比喻为世事所束缚。

The world as a cage

指做了很大的坏事，犯了很大的罪。同“罪孽深重”。

Guilt and rebellion are severe

指一并被杀。

Line up to be executed