Origin of idioms
1, Songshi Puji's "Five Lights Meeting Yuan" Volume 11: "Q:' Come, nothing goes, two-way loss. How can you not get lost? "The teacher said,' The head of the scale is half a catty, and the tail is eight taels.' "
2, Song Shi Bai Wei' Zhong Jian Guo Jing Continued Lamp Record':' The treadle scale is as hard as iron, and eight liang turned out to be half a catty.'
Nearly half a catty is synonymous with:
It's evenly divided and evenly matched, each with its own strong points and neck and neck.
Extended data:
Usage:
1, in terms of intelligence, you two brothers and sisters are almost as bad.
2. Think about last week when Iran was still part of the axis of evil, and Syria was just as bad.
Your skills are almost as bad as others. You need to refuel!
I have nothing to do all day, while my brother idles all day. We are as bad as each other.
It turns out that we both belong to the henpecked club.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-half a catty and 82 liang