萧何：汉高祖刘邦的丞相。成事由于萧何，败事也由于萧何。比喻事情的成功和失败都是由这一个人造成的。
fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor; lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韩信being made Grand General 大将军
…在手，倘有歹心。可不觑汉朝天下，如同翻掌！这非是我成也萧何，败也萧何，做恁的反复勾当。但是小官举荐之人，日后有事，必然要坐罪小官身上。以此小官昼夜寻思，则除是施些小计，奏过天子，先去了此人牙爪，然后翦…
