as if lost in a fog
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú Du ò y ā NW ù, which means to be disoriented, unable to find a clue, not to the point. It comes from Li Bai's mocking Lu Ru in Tang Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
Fall: fall. It's like falling in smoke. It is a metaphor for being lost, unable to find a clue, and unable to get to the point.
The origin of Idioms
Li Bai's poem "mocking Lu ru" in Tang Dynasty: "if you ask about economic policy, it's like smoke falling down."
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: obvious
Idiom usage
They are used as predicate, object and complement; they are used to describe disorientation; they are used as examples to describe disorientation. Liang Qichao's "after reading the records of Japan"
Chinese PinYin : rú duò yān wù
as if lost in a fog
though one has a home one cannot go to it. yǒu jiā nán bēn
Under the heavy reward, there must be a dead husband. zhòng shǎng zhī xià,bì yǒu sǐ fū
lock the stable door after the horse is stolen. zéi qù guān mén
Looking for things from east to West. dōng lāo xī mō