掩耳盜鈴本義捂著自己的耳朵去偷鈴鐺，原為盜鐘掩耳，為一中國成語，偷鐘怕別人聽見而捂住自己的耳朵，明明掩蓋不住的事情偏要想法子掩蓋，比喻自己欺騙自己，通常是比喻自欺欺人的意思。下面給大家介紹掩耳盜鈴的歷史故事。

　　歷史故事

　　這個(gè)詞諷刺了那種自欺欺人的人的做法。掩耳盜鈴的意思就是捂著耳朵去偷一碰就會響的鈴鐺，在此成語故事中，這個(gè)人以為把自己的耳朵捂住別人也就聽不見了。著實(shí)很可笑很諷刺。一般我們講這個(gè)故事就是說有一個(gè)人去偷鈴鐺，泛泛而談。其實(shí)不然，這個(gè)故事是有真名實(shí)姓的，偷的也不是鈴鐺，而是銅鐘。

　　春秋末年，大將范吉射一家因被追殺，只好逃離晉國。一天，有個(gè)人在范家的門口發(fā)現(xiàn)了一口鐘，很漂亮，于是便想要把它偷走。可是鐘太重了，他根本不能背走它。過了一會兒，他想出了一個(gè)主意：鐘不是太重嗎?那就把它敲碎，一塊一塊地搬走不就行了嗎?于是，他很得意地找來一個(gè)鐵錘，用盡全身力氣砸向大鐘。“當(dāng)——”，鐘發(fā)出了震耳欲聾的響聲。因?yàn)檫@鐘是銅澆鑄而成的，自然是一點(diǎn)也沒破損。他又猛力砸了一下，鐘仍然發(fā)出很大響聲，只稍微晃了幾下，完好無損。這時(shí)他突然意識到，如果再繼續(xù)砸下去，這“當(dāng)當(dāng)”的聲響被人聽到，就偷不了鐘了。他自以為聰明，又想出了個(gè)辦法：捂住自己的耳朵再砸。這就是成語掩耳盜鈴的意思，這則成語諷刺了這種自欺欺人的愚蠢行為。那么為什么后來鐘變成了鈴呢?這是由于在古時(shí)，鐘和鈴都是樂器，所以后人將“掩耳盜鐘”演變?yōu)?ldquo; 掩耳盜鈴”。

　　如今這個(gè)成語被韓喬生惡搞成了“迅雷不及掩耳盜鈴”，老韓巧妙地把迅雷不及掩耳和這個(gè)詞融和起來，達(dá)到了令人噴飯的效果。

　　英文版本

　　Plug One' s Ears While Stealing a Bell

　　Once upon a time there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? well, he wanted to stealthe bell on his neighbor' s door. He walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was frightened and ran home. Then he sat down to think. "I must do something about the noise, " he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. "Ah, I' ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won't be able to hear the noise. " The next day he went to the door of his neighbor' s house and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out.

　　"Steal my bell? I' ll teach you a lesson, " the angry man shouted, and he hit the thief on the nose.

　　The foolish them did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. "Why not he come out just then? " he wondered.

　　故事意義

　　鐘的響聲是客觀存在的，不管你是否捂住耳朵，它都是要響的。凡是要客觀存在的東西，它不會依人的主觀意志為改變。有的人對對自己不利，或不喜歡的客觀存在，采取不承認(rèn)的態(tài)度，以為如此，它就不存在了，這和“掩耳盜鐘”一樣，都是極端的主觀唯心主義——唯我論的表現(xiàn)。