汉英词典
MEANING OF 缘木求鱼
缘木求鱼
(緣木求魚)
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
缘木 Tree climbing / Climb to the tree to find fish / The metaphorical direction or method is wrong and it is impossible to achieve the goal
语出《孟子·梁惠王上》以若所为求若所欲，犹缘木而求鱼也。”爬到树上去捉鱼。比喻行动与目的相反，劳而无功。
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你不能缘木求鱼。 You can't fish in the air. | ||
要从西蒙那里得到钱就像缘木求鱼，他决不会给的。 Getting money from Simon is like getting blood out of a stone: he just will not pay. | ||
要从西蒙那里得到钱就像 缘木求鱼，他决不会给的。 Getting money from Simon is like getting blood out of a stone: he just will not pay. | ||
如果我们无法找到内心的平和，去别处寻找无疑缘木求鱼。 If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere. | ||
我们的成功唯有仰赖于，避免缘木求鱼和自欺欺人：认为这项人类使命中，可以投入不属于人类的持久力。 We can succeed only if we avoid attempting the impossible and flattering ourselves that we can give to the work of man a durability that does not belong to human things. | ||
