英文词汇“以卵投石”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典

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以卵投石

释义

以卵投石以卵击石yǐ luǎn tóu shí

throw an egg against a rock—court defeat by fighting against overwhelming odds; court one’s own ruins(/one’s own doom); grossly overestimate one’s own strength
❍ 周瑜小子，偏怀浅戆，自负其能，辄欲以卵敌石；……(《三国演义》409) However,Zhou Yu who,after all,is but a youth and a shallow minded simpleton,maintains that success is possible and rashly desires to smash stones with an egg.
❍ 以桀诈尧，譬之若～，以指挠沸；若赴水火，入焉焦没耳！ (《荀子》) But for a Jie to try to practise deception against a sage like Yao would be like trying to break a rock by throwing eggs at it,or trying to stir boiling water with your bare finger. He will be like a man consumed by fire or drowned in water.

以卵投石yi luan tou shi

throw an egg against a rock—court defeat by fighting against overwhelming odds

以卵投石yǐ luǎn tóu shí

用鸡蛋去碰石头。比喻自不量力，自取灭亡。kick against the pricks, court defeat by fighting against overwhelming odds

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