Meaning explanation: This is not a stalk, but a story, which borrows from the fact that American President Washington cut down a cherry tree when he was a child and didn't lie to educate people to bravely admit their mistakes.

Source: Book 1 of Chinese Textbook for the Second Grade of Education Edition George Washington, the first president of the United States, got an axe when he was a child, but one day he cut down his own cherry tree. When his father saw it, he asked him. Washington knew he would be punished, but he still admitted that he did it himself. He doesn't want to lie. However, this story is only the memory of a distant relative in Washington. No one else can testify, it is probably fiction.

Usage scenario: Doing something may have bad consequences, but you have no choice to escape.

Ex.: The child doesn't like telling lies since he was a child. It's like throwing an axe at Washington.