成语解释:
旧喻兄弟相爱,临难争死。
成语出处:
《后汉书·赵孝传》:“及天下乱,人相食。孝弟礼为饿贼所得,孝闻之,即自缚诣贼,曰:‘礼久饿羸瘦,不如孝肥饱。’贼大惊,并放之。”
成语例子:
友于兄弟,分形共气,~,无复相代之期;让枣推梨,长罢欢愉之日。 ★《南史·梁武陵王传》
英文翻译:
surrendering oneself to the cannibal bandits to substitute for his younger brother they captured , stating that he himself is fatter