not dig a well until one thirsty ---- not make timely preparations
not dig a well until one thirsty ---- not make timely preparations
It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l í NK ě Chu ā NJ ǐ ng, which means to think of digging a well when thirsty, and it means to think of a way when something is coming. It comes from Huangdi Neijing Suwen Siqi Tiaoshen Da Lun.
The origin of Idioms
In the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, Su Wen, Si Qi Tiao Shen Da Lun: "it's not too late for husband's disease to be treated after it has become a medicine, and chaos to be treated after it has become a medicine. For example, it's still too late to go through a well and cast a cone after a fight."
Idiom usage
When things come to an end, they can only find a way. Song Dynasty, Zhang Junfang's Yunji Qiqian, volume 118
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: eager to dig a well
not dig a well until one thirsty ---- not make timely preparations
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