At the end of the river
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Shu ǐ Qi ó ngsh ā NJ ì n, which means that both the water and the mountain have come to an end, and there is no way to go in front of them. It means that they are in a desperate situation. It comes from Qiu Chuji's snow mountain in Yuan Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Those people just have to muddle through, but we are not at the end of our tether!
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: the end of the mountain and the end of the river
The origin of Idioms
Yuan Qiu Chuji's "Snow Mountain" poem: "when you go to the end of water and mountain, the setting sun still inclines to the West."
Idiom explanation
The water and the mountain have come to an end, and there is no way ahead. Metaphor is in a desperate situation.
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At the end of the river
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