hit on a good idea in a moment of desperation

hit on a good idea in a moment of desperation

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í NGJ í sh ē ngzh ì, which means to come up with a solution when the situation is urgent. It's from officialdom.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 22 of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: "Tang Sheng was in a hurry and suddenly came up with an idea."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: quick witted, flexible antonym: helpless, helpless

Idiom usage

Complex sentence; predicate, attribute, clause; with commendatory meaning. The example stands on the right side. At first, he is confused, then he is eager to speak freely. Source: Guo Moruo's the flower of Tangdi, Act 5. Xiao Ming is eager for wisdom and comes up with a good idea.