A foot of water makes ten feet of waves(yī chǐ shuǐ shí zhàng bō)

A foot of water makes ten feet of waves

A foot of water makes waves ten feet high, and a foot of water raises waves ten feet high. Metaphors are exaggerated and untrue.

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: it refers to exaggeration and untruth. Common usage: rare idiom structure: united form generation time: ancient times example: but again, it's still the mouth of the matchmaker. The eighty ninth chapter of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua

Source of words

Don't be depressed, gentleman. A slanderer writes a poem to give it to you. Time: Tang Dynasty Author: Meng Jiao. Don't be depressed, gentleman. Listen to my green fly song. There are few plains in the world, many mountains. A broken boat is not in the road, a broken boat is not in the river. One foot of water increases the waves day and night. Uncle sun destroyed Zhongni, Zang Cang covered mengke. Lanai has different fragrance, so it's hard to reconcile. Good jade is not hot, straight bamboo is not quite. This has been true since ancient times. Where is the way. The day goes back and forth, the autumn hall still studies at dusk. Xuanfa does not know white, knows cold copper. For the forest is not away from the tree, there is still jade in Pu. Who carves the Biwu branch as Cloud Gate music.

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