Dig the room for rats
Digging a room for a mouse, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ju é sh ì Qi ú sh ǔ, which means digging a house to catch a mouse, which means to lose a lot for a small thing. From Huainanzi shuoshan Xun.
Idiom usage
A person's way of doing things is wrong
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: fish with all your might
The origin of Idioms
"Huainanzi shuoshan Xun" said: "bad pond to take turtle, hair room and ask for Beaver, dig room and ask for rat, cut lip and cure caries, Jie Zhi's disciples, gentleman not with."
Idiom explanation
Dig a house to catch mice. It's a metaphor for losing the big from the small.
Chinese PinYin : jué shì qiú shǔ
Dig the room for rats
Initiators of trouble should end it.. jiě líng hái shì xì líng rén
copiously quote authoritative works. yǐn jīng jù diǎn
slight defect of little importance. xiān jiè zhī jí