can 't tell high from low
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù zh ī g ā oxi à, which means that you don't know what to say or do. It's from wolf in the middle.
The origin of Idioms
The third discount of Ming · Kanghai's zhongshanlang: "Sir, thank you for saving me, only I have a word that I don't know how to say?"
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: not knowing how high or low [antonym]: appropriate
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in speaking or doing things
can 't tell high from low
There is a stalemate between the branches and the cadres - zhī gàn xiāng xhí
heaped up earth becomes a mountain - tǔ rǎng xì liú
Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha - fàng xià tú dāo,lì dì chéng fó
mountains multiply and streams double back - shān zhòng shuǐ fù