be beyond one 's grasp

be beyond one 's grasp

It is a Chinese idiom, pronounced Bi ā NCH á NGM ò J í. It means that although the whip is very long, it can't hit the horse's stomach. It means that it's too far away to do anything. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the 15th year of Xuangong.

The origin of Idioms

In the 15th year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan: "although the whip is not as long as a horse's belly."

Analysis of Idioms

I can't help, I can't do what I want, I can't do what I want. [antonym]: Needless to say, more than enough, near water.

Idiom usage

Apart from the foreigners in several provinces in the hinterland, the rest of them have their own masters, though they have not been divided up in face. Chapter 54 of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty