翻云覆雨翻手为云，覆手为雨fān yún fù yǔproduce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another—be given to playing tricks; shifty;treacherous; act in a self-contradictory manner; be like the April weather; blow hot and cold; break one’s promise; capricious; change about; change attitudes constantly;chop and change; keep shifting one’s ground
❍ 翻手为云覆手雨，纷纷轻薄何须数，君不见管鲍贫时交，此道今人弃如土！(杜甫《贫交行》)With casual turn of the hand bringing clouds or rain,|The inconstant are too many to count; |Friends of old were loyal through thick and thin; |But today this rule has been kicked aside like mud.
❍ 所以他们才跪在敌人面前，～，认贼作父的。(杨植霖《王若飞在狱中》92) That is why they have prostrated themselves before the enemy and treacherously accepted the thieves as their own fathers. 翻云覆雨fān yún fù yǔ比喻耍手段，玩弄权术；也比喻反复无常。shifty, keep shifting one’s ground, blow hot and cold |