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Mere copycat / Dongshi Imitates Xishi In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a beauty in the State of Yue called Xishi.She often suffered from pains in her chest, and so she would often walk around doubled over and with her brows knitted. There was an ugly girl in the village called Dongshi who envied Xishi. Striving to emulate Xishi, she imitated her stoop, knitting her brows at the same time. She thought that this made her elegant, but in fact, it only made her more ugly.Later, this idiom came to be used to indicate improper imitation that produces the reverse effect. The tiger and the fox A tiger caught a fox in a forest, and was just about to eat it, when the fox said, You mustnt eat me. I was sent by Heaven to rule the animals. By eating me, you will violate the command of Heaven. If you dont believe me, just follow me to see whether the animals are afraid of me. The tiger agreed, and followed the fox as it walked around the forest. The animals all ran away when seeing them. The tiger thought they were afraid of the fox, so he let it go. He didnt realize that it was him that the beasts were really afraid of.This idiom means relyi ng on anothers power to bully（欺负） or frighten others. The Tiger and the fox One day, the tiger and the fox are talking. The fox says, ‘Do you believe that all the animals in the forest are scared of me not you?’ The tiger doesn’t believe and follows the fox to the forest. All the animals are very frightened when they see the tiger and ran away. The tiger is shocked and thinks that the animals are scared of the fox. The fox is very complacent because in fact it depends on the terror of the tiger to frighten the animals.This story tells us that don’t bully people by flaunting others’ powerful connections. Belling the cat Long long ago, there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealing food. One day the mice had a meeting to talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this, and som