It's not true
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n ǐ f ē IQ í L ú n, which means improper comparison. The source is the book of rites.
The origin of Idioms
In the book of rites, qulixia, written by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that "personification depends on one's ethics."
Idiom usage
In Qing Dynasty, Zhao Yi's Oubei Shihua Wumei village poem: "to compare Yue Zhongwu with Liangyu is not to be regarded as the most important thing."
It's not true
find spiritual sustenance in sth. - tuō wù yù xīng
a mountain of paper work and a sea of meetings - wén shān huì hǎi
Opinions on swallow and swallow - yàn què zhī jiàn
be confused like a tangle of flax - máng wú tóu xù
check erroneous ideas at the outset - fáng wēi dù jiàn