The sand in the fist

The sand in the fist

Sand can't be held together. Metaphor is not harmonious.

Idiom explanation

"Sand in the fist" explanation: sand can't be held together in the hand. Metaphor is not harmonious.

Idioms and allusions

Source: the second fold of "he Han Shan" by Zhang Guobin in Yuan Dynasty: "good furniture is like a melon under the water, and parents and fathers are like sand in the fist." The two of them can't get together.

Discrimination of words

Usage: as predicate and object; metaphor is not harmonious