出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第158页（200字）
形容以仁慈的心肠，好心好意再三规劝，例母亲苦口婆心地劝他改过自新，他却始终无动于衷。
Though his mother remonstrated with him in an earnest and kind way，he was not moved to change his bad ways．