覆辙 | fù zhé | the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past | |
如出一辙 | rú chū yī zhé | to be precisely the same; to be no different | |
没辙 | méi zhé | at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out | |
重蹈覆辙 | chóng dǎo fù zhé | lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a disastrous mistake | |
南辕北辙 | nán yuán běi zhé | to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom) |
1 | Sometimes the best thing you can do for your creative rut is to walk away. | |
2 | Suddenly a boy' s shrill voice rose into the sky. He traversed the dark unseen, leaving the track of his song across the hush of the evening. | |
3 | It should be clear to everyone that we will not repeat the mistakes of the past. | |
4 | So take a deep breath and know that this rut isn' t permanent. | |
5 | Using a switch to divert the train toward one person instead of five increases activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - the place where cool, utilitarian choices are made. |