fat burns and fries itself
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ā Ohu ǒ Z ì Ji ā n, which means that those who have talent and learning are in trouble because of talent. From Zhuangzi, the world of men.
Idiom usage
It is a metaphor for a man of talent who suffers from misfortune because of it.
Analysis of Idioms
Near synonym: self Immolation
The origin of Idioms
Chuang Tzu's the world of the world: "the mountain and the wood are self aggressors, but the fire is self frying."
Idiom explanation
It is a metaphor for those who have talent and learning to get disaster.
fat burns and fries itself
dusty rice and dirty soup -- valueless things - chén fàn tú gēng