point to a hill and talk about grindstone -- make concealed reference to something(zhǐ shān mài mò)

point to a hill and talk about grindstone -- make concealed reference to something

It's a Chinese idiom, which means to sell stones on the mountain as a mill. It means to say something or promise something before you know it. It also refers to deception in name only. It comes from Lu Dongbin's Du Tieguai Li by Yue Bochuan of Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The first fold of Yuan Yue Bochuan's LV Dongbin's Du Tieguai Li: "all the people who come out of the gate come and go, and there are more private people and less public people. Has there ever been one that conforms to the way of heaven? Every time he pointed out the mountain and sold the mill, he divided the people into dungeons. "

Idiom usage

To be a subject, a predicate, an object; to be a case in point. The legend of Red Pear by Xu fuzuo in Ming Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms refer to mountains and grind

Chinese PinYin : zhǐ shān mài mò