Drowning in the face of drowning
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à NN ì B ù Ji ù. From Wang Zhigu.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Zhigu, written by Huang Fu of Tang Dynasty, said, "if you live in a remote place, you will be drowned and not saved."
Idiom usage
As the object and attribute, it is the same as "no help in case of death". It's insensitive of people to be drowned in others.
Drowning in the face of drowning
the words fail to convey the meaning - yán bù dá yì
in the beginning of the heaven and the earth genesis - hóng méng chū pì