idiom > overt and covert attack
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Ming slings and arrows
  Explanation: Metaphor of the various overt and covert attacks.
  Usage: Joint type; as subject, object; containing derogatory
  Source: Yuan Anonymous "cow horn": "babe has a good shot to hide the note, stab in the back hard against."
  Examples: Now there are many honorable men and revolutionary writer, with ~, in the office I do not revolution, revolution and crime. (Lu Xun's "three free _set_ of communication")
míng qiāng àn jiàn
  Openly or behind the frame-up attacks
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Metaphor open or covert attack
  Metaphor open or covert attacks. Lu Xun's "northern and southern China and Russia wish to mobilize the turn text": "All of these are in the Queen's slings and arrows among the literati, striding across to the reading public's bosom." Ba Jin "Recalling those who do big brother": " grandfather died, as did a load-bearing brother Sun, slings and arrows have become targets. "
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No. 4
  Ming Chu to the gun easy to escape, secretly shot the arrow is difficult to watch. Metaphor various overt and covert attacks.
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No. 5
  明枪暗箭 ( míng qiāng àn jiàn )
  解 释 比喻种种公开的和隐蔽的攻击、伤害。
  出 处 元·无名氏《独角牛》:“孩儿也,一了说明枪好躲,暗箭难防。”
  用 法 联合式;作主语、宾语;含贬义
  示 例 巴金《忆·做大哥的人》:“祖父死后,大哥因为做了承重孙,便成了~的目标。”
  近义词 明争暗斗、明枪好躲,暗箭难防
  反义词 开诚布公
English Expression
  1. n.:  overt and covert attack
Thesaurus
arrow shot from hidding wound, Stab in the human, Out at large, to steal