It's like a foot in the mouth

It's like a foot in the mouth

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Qi ó NgR á NZ ú y ī n, which originally refers to living in a lonely and desolate place for a long time and feeling happy at the sudden visit of others. Later, it often refers to a rare visitor. From Chuang Tzu Xu Wu GUI.

Idiom explanation

Step sound.

The origin of Idioms

In Chuang Tzu, Xu Wugui: "if a man escapes from the void, he will walk along the path of a weasel and stagger into the void. He will be happy when he hears the sound of his feet."

Idiom usage

As an object; as a metaphor for something rare. Suddenly someone in the air said, "I'm sorry to say that I'm driving in vain, but I'm sure it's enough." (strange tales from a lonely studio by Pu Songling in Qing Dynasty)