和风细雨比喻耐心地和颜悦色地批评或劝说。例多做细致的思想工作和风细雨，帮人帮心。英like a gentle breeze and a mild rain——in a gentle and mild way;[查看详情]

指桑骂槐指着桑树数落槐树比喻表面上骂这个人实际上骂那个人。英point at the mulberry and abuse the locust——point at one but abuse another;[查看详情]

拐弯抹角语言不便直说以比喻、暗示或正言反说等方式表达。例她先是说了一大堆客套话然后就拐弯抹角地说了起来我终于慢慢地听出她的来意了。英equivocate; beat about around the bush; speak indirectly; talk in a roundabout way;道路弯来弯去方向转变非常多用以形容随路线[查看详情]

含沙射影据传说：水中有一种叫蜮的怪物看到人影就喷沙子，被喷者害病甚至死亡。后用来比喻耍阴谋暗中攻击陷害别人。例含沙射影的嘲讽。英attack by innuendo; make insinuations;[查看详情]