cover the eyes and snatch at swallows; like a blindfolded man catching sparrows—fool oneself ❍ 主簿陈琳曰：“不可！俗云： ‘掩目而捕燕雀’，是自欺也。微物尚不可欺以得志，况国家大事乎？ ……” (《三国演义》20) But the Recorder Chen Lin,said，“Nay; do not act blindly. The proverb says ‘To cover the eyes and snatch at swallows’ is to fool one’s self. If in so small a matter you cannot attain your wish,what of great affairs?…”