To ask for a collar

To ask for a collar

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is d à och á ngsu à L à ng, which means to turn the clothes upside down to look for the neckline. It means that you can't grasp the main points in handling affairs. From Deng Xizi Wu Hou.

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate or attributive

Examples

Don't do the same stupid thing.

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym: seeking fish from trees

The origin of Idioms

"Deng Xizi · Wuhou" says, "it's better to ask for it against the principle than to ask for it with your clothes down."

Idiom explanation

Soxhlet: search, seek. Turn the dress upside down to look for the neckline. I can't grasp the main points.