Ants on the hot pot

Ants on the hot pot

Hot pot ants, Pinyin R è Gu à sh à NGM à y à, as the saying goes, people in difficult and anxious situation.

Pinyin

règuōshàngmǎyǐ

explain

It refers to a person in a difficult and anxious situation.

Classics

Chapter 12 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: when his grandfather settled down, Fang slipped into Rong's house and went straight to the room in the middle of the corridor to wait. It's just like ants on a hot pot, but it just turns dry. Chapter 39 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: after the Ming smoke left, Baoyu left and right didn't come either. I remember the ants on the hot pot. Chapter 6 of the scholars by Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty: put a Zhao family behind the screen like an ant on a hot pot. The fourth chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom: after waiting in the residence for three days, no one came to deliver the letter. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He walked out and walked in, and was restless. Chapter 11 of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: for a moment, it was like an ant on a hot pot. He had no intention of eating and drinking. He was so upset that he waited until Pang Hei. His followers went out to inquire about it again. In a short time, he came back dejected. Chapter 59 of a brief history of civilization: Huang Shichang is very anxious, like an ant on a hot pot. Ding Ling's water: women are still gathering more and more, like ants on hot pots. Some of them run home and out, running and murmuring in the fields.

words whose meaning is similar

Anxious and restless