蚍蜉撼樹的英文怎么說
2012-07-03 21:19
蚍蜉撼樹的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
ant/shake/tree
like an ant trying to shake a big tree
[解釋]
蚍蜉:螞蟻。螞蟻想搖動大樹。形容自不量力。
[Explanation]
to overestimate one's power
[例子]
你想把他從市長的位置上弄下來,簡直就是蚍蜉撼樹。
[Example]
If you want to remove him from the mayor's office, it is like an ant trying to shake a big tree.
[英文等價詞]
to put a quart into a pint pot
- Ants on the locust tree assume a great-nation swagger; and mayflies lightly plot to topple the giant tree.
螞蟻緣槐夸大國,蚍蜉撼樹談何易