Destroy the clock for a toll

Destroy the clock for a toll

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ǐ zh ō NGW é IDU ó, which means arbitrary stupid behavior. From Huainanzi shuolinxun.

Idiom usage

To act as an object or attributive

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: destroying the boat

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi shuolinxun" said: "the heart said, destroy Zhou Wei; heart desire, destroy Zhong Wei duo."

Idiom explanation

Recast a clock into a bell. Destroying big things for small ones is a metaphor for arbitrary stupid behavior.