to hold on to one job while seeking a better one
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í m ǎ x ú nm ǎ, which means that metaphor has already had advantages, but also to seek other advantages. It's from officialdom.
Analysis of Idioms
Looking for horses on horseback, looking for donkeys on horseback
Idiom usage
As a predicate, attributive, clause; used in dealing with affairs
The origin of Idioms
The 21st chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom: if you accept my actual income, he will naturally take care of me. At that time, if you can get a large sum of money and earn more than 100 liang of deduction, you'll have it in there. "
Chinese PinYin : qí mǎ xún mǎ
to hold on to one job while seeking a better one
make a pillow of one 's spear waiting for daybreak. zhěn gē dá dàn
regret we didn't meet sooner. xiāng jiàn hèn wǎn
horses and oxen kept in the same stable. niú jì tóng zào
the tune lingered in the room. yú yīn rào liáng