1.lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì] in which Liu Bei 刘备[liú bèi] recruits Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮[zhū gě liàng] to his cause by visiting him three times)2.fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
1.lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow2.fig. also involving others3.inextricably tangled together4.Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.+1 more
1.lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others2.inextricably tangled together3.Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
1.lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)2.fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings