drive a duck onto a perch

drive a duck onto a perch

Basic explanation of Pinyin

dǎyāzishàngjià

English

makesomeonedosomethingentirelybeyondhim;driveaduckontoaporch;sendababyonanerrand

explain

Force to do something beyond one's ability

words whose meaning is similar

Push the duck to the shelf

usage

Compound sentence

source

Ru Zhijuan's "tall poplar tree": "he dragged me up and asked me to have a look. It's no use going to see it, I explained to her

example

Of course, it's not my business. Besides, I know how important it is. Don't worry. (Gao Yang's "mother and son"

Idiom information

Grammatical usage: as predicate, attributive and object; refers to forced idiom structure: verb object generation time: Modern