依样画葫芦 meaning in English
stick closely to the pattern given; act after the same fashion; copy another's plan; copy ... mechanically; do the routine thing without thinking; draw a dipper with a gourd as the model; follow others' example; follow the beaten track; imitate what was done by others; play the sedulous ape; sketck the gourd according to the pattern
Examples
- They only imitated us and our methods slavishly .
他们不过是依样画葫芦地模仿我们的方法。 - You don't become an artist by painting someone else's dots .
依样画葫芦，你就不会成为画家。 - What ' s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
有人那麽做，其他的人也可以这麽做；依样画葫芦。 - But you were marooned on this island before , weren ' t you ? so we can escape in the same way you did then
可你不是曾经被流放过到这个岛上的吗?我们依样画葫芦,不就能逃走了吗 - The more often we have seen a story represented in art , the more firmly do we become convinced that it must always be represented on similar lines
对于一个故事，我们越是经常看到它用艺术形式表现出来，就越是坚信它必须永远依样画葫芦地重复下去。