fly pellmell

fly pellmell

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is di ū Ku ī Q ì Ji ǎ, which means to run so fast that you lose your armor. It describes the embarrassment of running away after losing a battle. It comes from Mencius, the first king of Liang Hui.

Notes on Idioms

Helmet, armor: helmet and armor.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · Liang Hui Wang Shang: "fill the drum, the blade is connected, abandon the armor and drag the soldiers, or stop after a hundred steps, or stop after fifty steps."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. Chapter three of Du Pengcheng's in a peaceful day: "he was thrown away by all kinds of accidents in the office, and looked embarrassed." The enemy abandoned his armor and fled.