idiom > follow the vine to get the melon, track down sb. or sth.by following clues
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Deeper investigation
  Explanation: Watermelon, melon vines go along. Clues to inquire into the matter in accordance with a metaphor.
  Usage: -Linked; for the predicate; with compliment
  Source: "People's Daily" 1982.6.30: "this deeper investigation, and soon uncovered the theft from."
  Results: Abstract blind squash
  Postscript: Abstract blind squash
shùn téng mō guā
  Metaphor found clues to pursue under the foundation
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No. 3
  To look down the melon vine melon. Follow the clues found in argumentative analogy. "Zhong Shan" No. 6, 1982: "Uncle Grandpa on deeper investigation, this line found by the guerrillas." "People's Daily" 1982.6.30: "this deeper investigation quickly uncovered this from the theft."
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No. 4
  Touch: find. Clues to inquire into the matter in accordance with a metaphor.
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No. 5
  【拼 音】 shùn téng mō guā
  【解 释】 顺着瓜藤蔓去找西瓜。比喻按照某个线索查究事情。
  【用 法】 连动式;作谓语;含褒义
  【示 例】《人民日报》1982.6.30:“由此顺藤摸瓜,很快破获了这起盗窃案。”
  【歇后语】 瞎子摘西葫芦
English Expression
  1. v.:  follow the vine to get the melon, track down sb. or sth.by following clues
Thesaurus
race to very roots, go into the whys and wherefores(=have the why and the wherefore), Trace the source of demand, Trace to its source
Antonym
Yue Busishu, glory, fad alive, slash-and-burn cultivation, Daogenghuonou, all that have been achieved is spoiled, Qiangongjinmie, Bantuerfei, do sth.by halves; leave off sth.halfway; give up halfway, something to write home about, exaggerate, Exaggerated, magniloquence, exaggerate, catch at shadows, make vain efforts, Enthrallment Wake, Learn it without, talk with great relish, unction, stop striving after obtaining a little knowledge about something, skimming over the surface, Huonoudaogeng, eisegesis, stretch the meaning, Students pull lug, Health and pulled a slow death, talk that sounds impressive but is in fact empty and worthless, Crucial moment, eat birds and animals raw, damselfly dap daps, turn goose into swans, gain a superficial understanding through cursory observation, Gallop or trot along on horseback Of flower, swallow ancient learning without digesting it, swallow without understanding