To kill a rat with a beaver(yǐ lǐ zhì shǔ)

To kill a rat with a beaver

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ǐ L ǐ zh ì sh ǔ, which means it's often used to describe things that are not successful. It comes from Lu Shi Chun Qiu Gong Ming.

Idiom explanation

Cat: cat. The cat is used as bait to catch mice. It's a metaphor for things that don't work.

The origin of Idioms

"Lu's spring and Autumn Annals, Gongming" said: "to Beaver to rat, to ice to rope, although work can not."

Analysis of Idioms

Commonly used: rare idioms,

Time: Ancient idioms,

Structure: a formal idiom,

Part of speech: derogatory idioms.

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for failure

Chinese PinYin : yǐ lǐ zhì shǔ