A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
Prov. An insignificant, flexible person is more likely not to get hurt in a crisis than a prominent or rigid person.
Our office has new managers now; I plan to be as inconspicuous as possible while they reorganize everyone. A reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall.
热门单词
- a couple of
- adhere
- a game that two can play
- age
- a gold mine of information
- a law unto oneself
- alive and well
- all in a day's work
- (all) in one breath
- all-out war
- All's fair in love and war.
- aloft
- along these lines
- a loose translation
- American as apple pie
- a mere trifle
- A miss is as good as a mile.
- An army marches on its stomach.
- ancient
- any port in a storm
- a parting of the ways
