I'm afraid I've lost my job
The Chinese idiom, B ì g ǔ s à NGT ú n in pinyin, means to break the drum and cook the pig in order to cure the disease. It is useless to describe expense. From Xunzi Jiewu.
The origin of Idioms
"Xunzi Jiewu" says, "if you are lost in dampness and hit the drum, you will have to pay for the loss of the drum and the dolphin, but not for the blessing of Yu Ji."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym in vain
Idiom usage
The way of doing things is not right
Chinese PinYin : bì gǔ sàng tún
I'm afraid I've lost my job
the widower , the widow , the orphan and the childless. guān guǎ gū dì
act in undue confidence of one 's own ability and look down upon others. fù cái ào wù