Two-part allegorical sayings about tables in The Complete Collection of Furniture

Wipe your face with a tablecloth-it's not clean.

● Buddha's table-untouchable

● Plates on the dining table-no handles.

● The eggshell cushions the foot of the table-it won't hold.

The square table is missing a foot-it's uneven.

Yan grabbed the fruit on the table-dead.

Put a lamp on the table of the Eight Immortals-obviously.

● Woodpeckers offer watches-show off themselves

There are only four legs left on the table-humiliating.

Boxing under the table-low hands.