1.lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韩信[hán xìn] being made Grand General 大将军[dà jiāng jūn]2.fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
1.If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb2.Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.