迎接来的,送走离去的。语本《后汉书.卷三.肃宗孝章帝纪》:「乐以迎来,哀以送往,虽祭亡如在,而空虚不知所裁,庶或飨之。」后用以比喻应酬忙碌。如:「自从王先生当选国代后,总是宾客盈门,他镇日迎来送往,忙得不可开交。」
英语 lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests, all time taken over with social niceties
德语 welcome visitors and see them off
【解释】走的欢送,来的欢迎。形容忙于交际应酬。
【出处】《庄子·山木》:“其送往而迎来,来者勿禁,往者勿止。”