◎ 颐指气使 yízhǐ-qìshǐ[order people about by gesture; be insufferably arrogent] 不说话,只用面部表情来示意。形容有权势者指挥别人的傲慢神气振皆颐指气使,旁若无人。——《旧五代史·李振传》-----------------国语辞典:形容以高傲的态度指使属下。唐.元稹〈追封李逊等母制〉:「今逊等有地千里,有禄万锺,颐指气使,无不随顺。」明.朱鼎《玉镜台记.第二八出》:「公卿颐指气使,果然鼠凭社贵,真个狐借虎威,好气势也呵!」近目指气使,目使颐令
◎ 老马识途 lǎomǎ-shítú[an experienced man knows the ropes;knowledge of a veteran; an old hand is a good guid as an old horse knows the way; the devil knows many things because he is old] 比喻富于经验堪为先导 老马识途添病骨,穷猿投树择深枝。——清· 黄景仁《两当轩集》-----------------国语辞典:春秋时齐相管仲,随桓公出征,在回程时迷路,于是让老马走在前头,其余人马跟随在后,终于找到原路。典出《韩非子.说林上》。后称经历丰富练达的人。也作「识途老马」。近谙熟门路反暗中摸索