I'm not satisfied

I'm not satisfied

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d é m ǎ sh é Z ú, which means to get disaster because of good fortune. It comes from Huainanzi · human training.

The origin of Idioms

The book is named Huainanzi · human training. See "a good horse leads to disaster".

Idiom story

In ancient times, an old man's horse ran to the Hu people outside the Great Wall. The villagers comforted him, saying that it was not necessarily a bad thing. A few days later, the lost horse came back with some fiery horses. The old man thought that this was not necessarily a good thing. His son broke his leg on a horse. The old man thought it was not a bad thing. Later, the old man's son escaped the war because of his leg injury

Idiom usage

As an object and attribute, it refers to the misfortune due to fortune. Song · Huang Tingjian's Ci Yun Feng Song Gong Ding

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: get a horse to make a disaster