ChefZ's 磨剑录 - A Cook‘s Log

偈后语 - 旧语新解

名落孙山 --》Name falls down into Mount Suen；（仙人指路）
逼上梁山 --》Can't climb Liang mountain without inspiration；（骗女友的）
雪上加霜 --》Add frost to snow，this is how mein mein ice is made；（引人入兵）
卧薪尝胆 --》Self-perversion with wood log bedding and gut（gall） sipping；（自我虐待）
没嘴的葫芦 --》Only in no out is the cause of constipation；（不妨试试）
树倒猢狲散 --》Timber down，hidden monkeys fleet；（聪明人太多）
老虎屁股摸不得 --》Inter-racial sexual harassment with a tiger is not recommended；（忠言逆耳）
近墨者黑，近朱者赤 --》Dark ink will paint you black，cinnabar，of course， will make you red。（想当然耳）


To Gut or To Gall

Here comes my findings：

GUT

gut  (gt) n. 1. a. The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach. b. The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut. 2. guts The bowels; entrails; viscera. 3. Slang a. Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty. b. guts The essential components or inner working parts: "The best part of a good car . . . is its guts" (Leigh Allison Wilson). 4. guts Slang a. Courage; fortitude. b. Nerve; audacity. 5. Slang A gut course. 6. A thin, tough cord made from the intestines of animals, usually sheep, used as strings for musical instruments or as surgical sutures. 7. A narrow passage or channel. 8. Fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle. tr.v. gut·ted, gut·ting, guts 1. To remove the intestines or entrails of; eviscerate. 2. To extract essential or major parts of: gut a manuscript. 3. To destroy the interior of: Fire gutted the house. 4. To reduce or destroy the effectiveness of: A stipulation added at the last minute gutted the ordinance. adj. Slang Arousing or involving basic emotions; visceral: "Conservationism is a gut issue in the West"(Saturday Review). Idiom: gut it out Slang To show pluck and perseverance in the face of opposition or adversity. [From Middle English guttes, entrails, from Old English guttas; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.] gutty adj.

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gut  (gt) 1. The intestine of a vertebrate animal. 2. The alimentary canal of an invertebrate animal. 3. The tube in a vertebrate embryo that later develops into the alimentary canal, lungs, and liver.

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Noun	1.	gut - the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus bowel, intestine internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the body hindgut - the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos small intestine - the longest part of the alimentary canal; where digestion is completed large intestine - beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
	2.	gut - a narrow channel or strait channel - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"
	3.	gut - a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery catgut cord - a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord" suture - thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together
Verb	1.	gut - empty completely; destroy the inside of; "Gut the building" empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
	2.	gut - remove the guts of; "gut the sheep" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

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gut

noun

paunch (Informal) belly, spare tyre (Brit. slang), potbelly His gut sagged over his belt.

plural noun

1. intestines, insides (informal), stomach, belly, bowels, inwards, innards (informal), entrails The crew-men were standing ankle-deep in fish guts.

2. (Informal) courage, spirit, nerve, daring, pluck, grit, backbone, willpower, bottle (slang), audacity, mettle, boldness, spunk (informal), forcefulness, hardihood The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases.

verb

1. disembowel, draw, dress, clean, eviscerate It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.

2. ravage, strip, empty, sack, rifle, plunder, clean out, ransack, pillage, despoil The church had been gutted by vandals.

adjective

instinctive, natural, basic, emotional, spontaneous, innate, intuitive, involuntary, heartfelt, deep-seated, unthinking At first my gut reaction was to simply walk out of there.

Related words
technical name viscera
adjective visceral

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