猫鼠同眠māo shǔ tóng miána cat sleeping with rats- —thieves and police working together; the authority shielding (/harbouring) evildoers
❍ 若是上和下睦，叫我与他们“～”吗？(《红楼梦》1290) As for pleasing both superiors and inferiors,do you want me to connive with rogues - to be "a cat sleeping with rats"?/在那个社会里，～，法制有什么用呢？In that society thieves and police worked together. What was the use of law-making? 猫鼠同眠māo shǔ tónɡ mián猫和老鼠睡在一起。比喻互相包庇，一起做坏事。thieves and police working together, the authority harbouring evildoers |