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227页（265字）
比喻用计使他人离开根据地，而失去有利条件，例窃贼使了一条调虎离山之计，趁大家匆忙赶去救火之际将全巷洗劫一空。
While the inhabitants living on the street were lured out by the bandits to put out a raging fire，they ransacked the place，stole and carried off all they could．