汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 插翅难飞
插翅难飞 (插翅難飛)
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
It's hard to fly away with wings / It is a metaphor of being in trouble, no escape
插上翅膀也飞不了。比喻难以逃脱。
chā chì () nán/nàn () fēi
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

密密层层的天罗地网,我看他插翅难飞

He is so closely hemmed in on all sides that I doubt whether he could escape even if he grew a pair of wings.