an empty hole invites the wind—weakness lends wings to rumours ? 臣聞于師，枳句來巢，～。(宋玉《風(fēng)賦》)I’m told by my Master that a bended orange tree provides a good place for the birds to nest and an empty hole invites the wind.
空穴來風(fēng)kong xue lai feng
an empty hole invites wind—weakness lends wings to rumours
空穴來風(fēng)kōnɡ xué lái fēnɡ
穴：洞穴；來：招致。比喻自身存有某些弱點或不足，流言得以乘隙而入。weakness lends wings to rumours, an empty hole invites the wind