Stretch your head and shrink your neck
Stretching one's head and shrinking one's neck is a Chinese idiom, pronounced sh ē NT ó usu ō J ǐ ng, which means to describe an air of insight in the dark. It's from the body of the able man.
Analysis of Idioms
To explore the brain
Idiom usage
Used as an attributive or adverbial
The origin of Idioms
Zhai Hao of Qing Dynasty wrote "the body of capable people": the goose extends its neck while the turtle shrinks its head
Stretch your head and shrink your neck
to strive for progress with determination - fā fèn tú qiáng
till my heart is weary , and my head aches - gān xīn shǒu jí