Dig the room for rats

Dig the room for rats

Digging a room for a mouse, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ju é sh ì Qi ú sh ǔ, which means digging a house to catch a mouse, which means to lose a lot for a small thing. From Huainanzi shuoshan Xun.

Idiom usage

A person's way of doing things is wrong

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: fish with all your might

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi shuoshan Xun" said: "bad pond to take turtle, hair room and ask for Beaver, dig room and ask for rat, cut lip and cure caries, Jie Zhi's disciples, gentleman not with."

Idiom explanation

Dig a house to catch mice. It's a metaphor for losing the big from the small.