Lead the ox down the well

Lead the ox down the well

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ā NNI ú Xi à J à ng, which means that things are difficult and can't help. It comes from the Black Ghost by Peng Yangou in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As a predicate, an object, or an attribute

The origin of Idioms

In Qing Dynasty, Peng Yangou's the ghost of the black book, Chapter 15: "it's like being a peddler in business, going up the mountain and wading through the water, and the smoker is leading the ox down the well."

Idiom explanation

It's a metaphor for difficult things, not helping.