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A New Interpretation of have it both ways's Idioms
The wind makes the rudder, also known as watching the rudder. Have it both ways comes from Shi Puji's Five Lights Meeting Yuan in the Song Dynasty: "Watching the rudder just goes with the flow. If you can't see the rudder and refuse to go with the flow, the ship will definitely turn over. " Watch the wind and turn the tiller. Metaphorically, look at the momentum or other people's glances and change your direction or attitude according to the change of the situation. It can also be said that people are smooth. Now it's more derogatory. Linkage type; As predicate, object, attribute and adverbial; With derogatory meaning, be careful not to write "have it both ways"

Pinyin: Jian fēng shǐduò

Part of speech: derogatory

Interpretation: Attitude and practice of metaphor change with the change of situation.

(including derogatory meaning).