like an egg knocking itself against a stone

like an egg knocking itself against a stone

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Ru ò Lu ǎ NT ó ush í, which means that if you don't measure yourself, you will fail. It is the same as "hitting a stone with an egg". From the annals of criminal law of the Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym: strike a stone with an egg

The origin of Idioms

Criminal law annals of the Han Dynasty: "deceiving Yao with Jie is like throwing a stone at a egg. How lucky is the husband!"

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate or attributive