The earthworm can float through the dyke

The earthworm can float through the dyke

The earthworm, as an idiom, means that although it is small, it can penetrate the embankment and submerge the whole city. If we don't pay attention to small accidents, we will cause great disasters.

The earthworm is small, but if it penetrates the embankment, it can submerge the whole city. If we don't pay attention to small accidents, we will cause great disasters. He is from the Northern Qi Dynasty, Liu Zhou's new treatise on Liu Zi, shenxie, which says: "when a earthworm crosses a dike, it can float a city; when an inch of smoke gathers in a cave, it can destroy thousands of rooms."