Chengyu Story: Suspect people of stealing an axe

The idiom 疑人偷斧 (yí rén tōu fǔ) “suspect people of stealing an axe” is used to describe those who, ignoring facts, rely on subjective assumptions to make suspicious judgments of people or situations.

 

Once there was a countryman who lost an axe. He thought it was stolen by the son of his neighbor, so he often paid attention to the man’s actions and felt that the man was walking and talking in a different way than everyone else. In short, he thought every move the man made was very much like a stealer. Then he found the lost axe himself. It turned out that when he went up the hill to cut wood, he dropped his axe in the valley. The next day, he met the son of the neighbor, watching the man walk and talk and realized it is not like a stealer.

 

How to use 疑人偷斧:

 

同事之间要互相信任,不要总是疑人偷斧。

tónɡshì zhījiān yào hùxiānɡxìnrèn, búyào zǒnɡshì yíréntōufǔ.

Instead of being suspicious, colleagues should give help among each other.

 

他丢了东西之后,总是疑人偷斧

ā diūle dōnɡxi zhīhòu, zǒnɡshì yíréntōufǔ.

After he lost his things, he became very suspicious.


Post time: May-20-2020