bore ice in order to get cream cheese
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ā Nb ī ngqi ú s ū, which means that you can't get what you want. It comes from the Bodhisattva origin Sutra.
Idiom usage
To be an object or attributive
Analysis of Idioms
A synonym: drilling for fire
The origin of Idioms
Under the volume of Bodhisattva origin Sutra: "for example, it's really rare to drill the ice to make it crispy."
Idiom explanation
Pastry: food made of butter, cow and goat milk. It means that you can't get what you want.
Chinese PinYin : zuān bīng qiú sū
bore ice in order to get cream cheese
dogs and chickens made of potter 's clay. táo quǎn wǎ jī