蚍蜉撼树的英文怎么说
分类: 英语词汇
蚍蜉撼树的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
ant/shake/tree
like an ant trying to shake a big tree
[解释]
蚍蜉:蚂蚁。蚂蚁想摇动大树。形容自不量力。
[Explanation]
to overestimate one's power
[例子]
你想把他从市长的位置上弄下来,简直就是蚍蜉撼树。
[Example]
If you want to remove him from the mayor's office, it is like an ant trying to shake a big tree.
[英文等价词]
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.
蚂蚁缘槐夸大国,蚍蜉撼树谈何易