One day, Zhao Gao was paying homage to Qin Ershi. Someone brought a deer to Qin Ershi and said, "This is a swift horse, and I specially gave it to your majesty." Qin Ershi glance left and right. This is obviously a deer. How can Zhao Gao say it's a horse? He smiled and said, "Are you mistaken? This is a deer, how can it be said to be a horse? " Zhao Gao ignored Hu Hai's words and asked the ministers around him sternly, "Tell me, is this a deer or a horse?" Some ministers are afraid of Zhao Gao's power and dare not speak.

Some people flatter Zhao Gao and say, "The Prime Minister is right, it must be a horse. I raised such a horse a few years ago! " Some ministers did not shy away from their conscience and said bluntly, "It's a deer, not a horse!" " "Zhao Gao thinks that people who tell the truth are unwilling to submit to his command, so they are charged with various charges or expelled from the court or killed.

Examples of calling deer horses

1. In modern society, it is not feasible to reverse right and wrong and refer to a deer as a horse.

Even an officer can't ask his subordinates to call a deer a horse and turn right from wrong.

The so-called saying that a deer is a horse is a reality everywhere today.

The idiom "refer to a deer as a horse" comes from this story. We use it to describe those who deliberately reverse right and wrong.

5, painting cakes to satisfy hunger, refers to deer as a horse, misleading consumption.

6. Although what you said does not mean that a deer is a horse, it is also a sheep of a cow.