以下是整理的《英文成語故事：不合時宜》，希望大家喜歡！
IntheStateofLu,therewasacoupleofhusbandandwife,
theformerbeinganexpertshoemakerandthelatteraskilledhandinwearingtaffeta.
OnedayafterconsultationstheydecidedtogotothestateofYuetoearnalivelihood.
Theneighborsadvisedthemnottogowhentheylearnedabouttheirplan.
"Don'tgothere,"saidoneneighbor,"Ifyougo,youcanneverearnalivelihood."
"Wecannotunderstandyou,"interrogatedthecouple,
"Wehaveafindcommandofourart,howcouldwenotearnourlivingwithourwork?
Don'tmakeafoolofus,please."
"Indeed,youhaveyourskill,"explainedtheman,
"Buthaveyoutakennoticeofthefactthatshoesaremade
forpeopleandthesilktaffetaareforhat-making?
ThepeopleofYuedon'twearshoes,fortheyarebarefooted.Again,
theyliketohavetheirhairspreadoutovertheirheadsandtheyneverusehats.
Towhomshouldyousellyourshoesandhatsthen?
"Experiencedthoughyouareinthearts,yettheartsyouhavemasteredareuselessthere."
Afterthisexplanation,thehusbandandwifenowunderstoodthatany
thingthatwasnotadaptabletotheobjectiveworldwouldbeuselessandunpractical.
魯國有對夫妻，男的是鞋匠，鞋子做的很好；女的是織絹能手。有一天，他們商量想到越國去謀生。消息傳到四鄰后，有人對他們說："不要到那兒去！否則你們一定無法生存的！"那對夫婦說："我們不明白你的意思，我們都有一套手藝，怎么會生活不了呢？別胡說了！"那人說："對呀，你們雖然都有一套手藝，可是你們要知道，鞋子是給人穿的，但越國人都赤腳不穿鞋子，你們織的絲絹原是做帽子用的，但越國人喜歡披著頭發(fā)，不戴帽子，你們的本領(lǐng)雖大，手藝雖高，但你們做的鞋子、帽子去賣給誰呢？那對夫婦這才明白，凡事如果不合時宜，不適合客觀環(huán)境就不中用了。