A flock of chickens
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h è L ì J ī Q ú n, which means that people with outstanding abilities are reduced to mediocre people. It's from "spare time, spare time, exercise, teach white".
The origin of Idioms
Li Yu of the Qing Dynasty wrote: "if you get a person, you must break the standard of actor. If you don't get a person, you'll be out of the woods, just like others."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
A flock of chickens
regard a hazardous location as level ground -- no fear of danger and difficulties - shì xiǎn rú yí