翻云覆雨翻手為云，覆手為雨fān yún fù yǔproduce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another—be given to playing tricks; shifty;treacherous; act in a self-contradictory manner; be like the April weather; blow hot and cold; break one’s promise; capricious; change about; change attitudes constantly;chop and change; keep shifting one’s ground
? 翻手為云覆手雨，紛紛輕薄何須數(shù)，君不見管鮑貧時交，此道今人棄如土！(杜甫《貧交行》)With casual turn of the hand bringing clouds or rain,|The inconstant are too many to count; |Friends of old were loyal through thick and thin; |But today this rule has been kicked aside like mud.
? 所以他們才跪在敵人面前，～，認(rèn)賊作父的。(楊植霖《王若飛在獄中》92) That is why they have prostrated themselves before the enemy and treacherously accepted the thieves as their own fathers. 翻云覆雨fān yún fù yǔ比喻耍手段，玩弄權(quán)術(shù)；也比喻反復(fù)無常。shifty, keep shifting one’s ground, blow hot and cold |