敲门砖 meaning in Chinese
a brick picked up to knock on the door and thrown away when it has served one's purpose -- astepping-stone to success; ways and means to seek favour
Examples
- It almost seemed as though he had begun to regard the college as only a step to something else .
好像他只是把学院当作达到另一目的的敲门砖而已。 - He had time to discover that the name of griffiths in lycurgus was one that would open the door of lycurgus exclusive circles .
他已经有这么多时间足以发现格里菲思这个姓是敲开莱科格斯上流社会大门的敲门砖。 - His intelligence was adequate to his surroudings, and that is a passport, not only to reasonable success, but still more to happiness .
在他自己的那个环境里，他的智慧是绰绰有余的，这不仅是事业成功的敲门砖，而且是生活幸福的保障。 - The knocking brick of success is sincere smile
真诚的微笑是成功的敲门砖。 - Idleness is the key of beggary , and the root of all evil
懒惰是行乞的敲门砖，是万恶的根源。