as if lost in a fog

as if lost in a fog

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú Du ò y ā NW ù, which means to be disoriented, unable to find a clue, not to the point. It comes from Li Bai's mocking Lu Ru in Tang Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Fall: fall. It's like falling in smoke. It is a metaphor for being lost, unable to find a clue, and unable to get to the point.

The origin of Idioms

Li Bai's poem "mocking Lu ru" in Tang Dynasty: "if you ask about economic policy, it's like smoke falling down."

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: obvious

Idiom usage

They are used as predicate, object and complement; they are used to describe disorientation; they are used as examples to describe disorientation. Liang Qichao's "after reading the records of Japan"