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　　Second example.
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　　OK, for those eager beavers out that who were disppointed on only finding two entries in the series, I have transfer 7 more for you. I will have to take a break for a day or two. Although these are all from the collection at Rainlane, they are scattered over 4 different threads in two different boards (Community Lounge and Learning Exchange.) I have to go through the pages one by one to look for ones that are more interesting for posting here. I am thinking of about two dozens altogether.

　　#10 A Bull in a China Shop/Butter Fingers
　　Bull in a China (瓷器 瓷器餐具) Shop
　　
　　A bull is not a particularly careful or mindful creature.
　　
　　A bull may even charge with vigor, so whereas it is good to have a bull (stock) market, it is not so good to have a bull running around amidst fine china.
　　 If you let lose a bull in a China shop, chances are that
　　he would smash up all the fine china. Although principally
　　used for describing someone who is rough and careless, and
　　tends to drop or break things, the expression is also used to describe someone who is clumsy when put in an awkward situation.
　　
　　Examples:
　　(1)Don’t put butter-finger (i) Ed in charge of
　　handling the delicate potteries unearthed in the ancient tomb. He is like a bull in a China shop.
　　
　　(2)The American’s handling of post-war Iraq is like a bull
　　in a China shop.”
　　(i) Butter is slippery. Someone who has “butter fingers” has
　　a tendency to drop things. Butter-fingers: clumsy.
　　
　　(more in the next message)

　　The corporation logo for the giant investment house Merill Lynn, is a charging bull. Years ago, Merrill Lynch ran an ad on TV featuring a bull wondering around a shop full of expensive glassware. The voice over said something about how a charging bull can be guided gingerly around delicate situations (or something like that.) It is a take on the saying "A bull in a china shop."
　　
　　The Merrill Lynch Bull

　　Here is one more cartoon that makes use of the idea "A bull in a china shop." (The man with the bull is supposed to be George W. Bush.)

　　#11 Boulevard of Broken Dreams

　　"The caption on this picture in the newspaper (see bottom of page) reads "A Gulfport, Mississippi resident renames a Mississippi Gulf Coast highway after Hurricane Katrina left nothing but the steps leading to where his house once stood."
　　
　　Example: My road to success turned out to be the boulevard of broken dreams.
　　
　　 The expression "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was made popular by an old song (the original 1934 version of Moulin Rouge) (also a new song) , a book and a movie.
　　
　　Here is the version sung by Tony Bennet.
　　 Cut and paste this link: -TonyBennett-BoulevardOfBrokenDreams.wav
　　
　　Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
　　Tony Bennett
　　
　　This version did not chart but
　　In 1934, it was a # 6 hit for Jan Garber
　　Sung in the film "Moulin Rouge" by Constance (no relation) Bennett
　　Words by Al Dubin and Music by Harry Warren
　　
　　I walk along the street of sorrow
　　The boulevard of broken dreams
　　Where gigolo and gigolette
　　Can take a kiss without regret
　　So they forget their broken dreams
　　
　　You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow
　　When you behold your shattered schemes
　　Gigolo and gigolette
　　Wake up to find their eyes are wet
　　With tears that tell of broken dreams
　　
　　Here is where you’ll always find me
　　Always walking up and down
　　But I left my soul behind me
　　In an old cathedral town
　　
　　The joy that you find here you borrow
　　You cannot keep it long it seems
　　Gigolo and gigolette
　　Still sing a song and dance along
　　The boulevard of broken dreams
　　
　　Here is where you’ll always find me
　　Always walking up and down
　　For I left my soul behind me
　　In an old cathedral town
　　
　　The joy that you find here you borrow
　　You cannot keep it long it seems
　　But gigolo and gigolette
　　Still sing a song and dance along
　　The boulevard of broken dreams .
　　
　　(Note: There is a different, but more recent hit of the same name. "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" by Green Day. However, Mr. Day has request some BBSes to remove his lyrics from their site, so I won’t do it. You can search for his lyrics on the web. There are plenty of Web sites still carrying those lyrics.)
　　
　　

　　hey, good job~~~
　　that’s the way to go

　　i like the picture. they are lovely and full of wisdom

　　Two contradicting clichés are depicted in the cartoon below: “Absence makes the heart grow fonder”, and “Out of sight, out of mind.”
　　

　　#12 It takes two to Tango

　　( As modified from #80 of Collection of interesting words and phrases, part III. dispbbs.asp?boardid=11&star=11&replyid=6438&id=9224&skin=0&page=1)
　　
　　 The tango is a complicate dance that requires two people to perform in perfect unison. One person cannot “dance the tango alone.” So it “takes two to tango.”
　　
　　 The adage is used with two different meanings. The first one uses the word “tango” as a pun for “tangle.” “It takes two to tango=it takes two to create a conflict.” In other words, seldom is a conflict the result of the action of one party. It is usually a result of both sides. (Quote: “Two people in a fight are both responsible for that fight.” (3) ) (This first meaning is the one most often used.)
　　
　　 The second usage is just the opposite. A tango is, as said before, a romantic and sensual dance. To have a go at it requires the perfect cooporation of two parties. Thus, (Quote) “it takes two people, each doing his/her part, to make a relationship work out.”(4)
　　
　　(3) Quoted from ItTakesTwoToTango.asp
　　
　　(4) Quoted from proverbs.htm
　　
　　
　　
　　

　　missing picture #1

　　(4b) From training/sca.html, an organization that encourages dialogue between people who are dysfunctional in interpersonal communication.
　　
　　

　　***> (Would be nice if the moderator can patch in the music for me: -JudyCollins_SendInTheClowns.wav )
　　
　　#13 Send in the Clowns. (rewritten from a post a Rainlane.)
　　
　　 "Sending in the Clowns" are usually associated with circus acts or the vaudeville (i) When an act goes sour, or something does not go right, the management will quickly “send in the clowns” to divert attention, or to set the audience laughing again.
　　(i)Vaudeville are cheap, somewhat considered as low-class, variety theatre shows that are especially popular during the depression era. For those of you who have watched the new version of King Kong, the beginning scene is about the heroine Ann Darrow appearing in a vaudeville act.
　　
　　 "Send in the clowns” has entered mainstream English to mean one of several meanings, on of which, “Time to send in the clowns” means "something is not working right; time for a diversion and then start all over again."
　　
　　 The others include: “send those clowns in” or “send in the clowns” a derogative connotation. In that case, “those/the clowns” is a reference to incompetent people or bumbling fools. It is also used as a jovial mention ( "send in the clowns", in an upbeat tone") for brightening up someone’s day.
　　
　　 Here is a hauntingly sad song--one of my favourites--from the pc.don site. -JudyCollins_SendInTheClowns.wav
　　
　　 Here is the lyrics:
　　
　　Isn’t it rich?
　　Are we a pair?
　　Me here at last on the ground,
　　You in mid-air.
　　Send in the clowns.
　　
　　Isn’t it bliss?
　　Don’t you approve?
　　One who keeps tearing around,
　　One who can’t move.
　　Where are the clowns?
　　Send in the clowns.
　　
　　Just when I’d stopped opening doors,
　　Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours,
　　Making my entrance again with my usual flair,
　　Sure of my lines,
　　No one is there.
　　Don’t you love farce?
　　My fault I fear.
　　I thought that you’d want what I want.
　　Sorry, my dear.
　　But where are the clowns?
　　Quick, send in the clowns.
　　
　　Don’t bother, they’re here.
　　Isn’t it rich?
　　Isn’t it queer,
　　Losing my timing this late
　　In my career?
　　And where are the clowns?
　　There ought to be clowns.
　　Well, maybe next year.
　　==
　　The following satircal cartoon uses the "derogatory" version of "send in the clowns."
　　

　　#14 Ours is not to reason why. (ours is but to do or die.)
　　
　　This expression comes in three versions: (with "ours" replaceable by other possessive pronouns: yours, his....)
　　
　　(1) Ours is not to reason why; ours is but to do or die.
　　(2) Ours is not to reason why. (And the second part is understood.)
　　(3) .....ours is but to do and die.
　　
　　 This is a popular saying for people who are given an reaonable task. Soldiers like to quote this phrase.
　　
　　 The phrase is a paraphrase from Lord Tennyson’s famous poem "Charge of the Light Bridgade " ( 轻骑兵进击 )
　　
　　 The particular stanza from that poem in which this expression is taken and paraphrased is:
　　
　　"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
　　Was there a man dismayed?
　　Not tho’ the soldiers knew
　　Someone had blundered:
　　Theirs not to make reply,
　　**Theirs not to reason why,
　　Theirs but to do and die: **
　　Into the valley of Death
　　Rode the six hundred.
　　
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　　Example of use: For most student taking the CET-4 exam, it is a matter of "theirs is not to reason why; theirs is but to do or die."