掩耳盗铃的成语故事讲的是从前有一个人，看见人家大门上挂着一个铃铛，想把它偷走。他知道铃铛只要用手一碰，就会丁零地响起来。可是他想自己捂住耳朵不就好了嘛，没想到手刚碰到铃铛，他就被人发觉了。你说这人是不是很傻呀？来看故事吧！还有简易英文版可以学习哦~
春秋时候，晋国世家赵氏灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。
小偷找来一把大锤子，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这钟声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。
他越听越害怕，不由自主地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不就听不进钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。
【拼音】yǎn ěr dào líng
【解释】偷钟怕别人听见而捂住自己的耳朵。比喻自己欺骗自己，明明掩盖不住的事情偏要想法子掩盖。掩：遮蔽，遮盖；盗：偷。
【用法】作谓语、定语、状语；指自欺欺人；含贬义。
【近义词】自欺欺人、弄巧成拙
【反义词】开诚布公
【押韵词】肆意横行、相辅相成、功到自然成、明镜鉴形
【谜语】聆
【出处】《吕氏春秋·自知》：“百姓有得钟者，欲负而走，则钟大不可负。以椎毁之，钟况然有声。恐人闻之而夺己也，遽掩其耳。”
Plugging 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 steal the 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.
钟的响声是客观存在的，不管你是否捂住耳朵，它都是要响的。凡是客观存在的东西，它不会依人的主观意志而改变。有的人对对自己不利，或不喜欢的客观存在，采取不承认的态度，以为这样做，它就不存在了，这和“掩耳盗铃”一样，都是极端的主观唯心主义——唯我论的表现。小朋友们，可千万不要做这样的人噢~
