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176页（231字）
指心里藏着坏主意，例某国包藏祸心已久，欲侵吞邻国，这次出兵乃意料中之事。
The recent attack on this country has been expected for some time，since it was known that suchi intentions were long harboured by its neighbour．