get the opposite of what one wants

get the opposite of what one wants

In Chinese, the Pinyin is y ī Ji ǎ ob ù y í, which means that facts and wishes go against each other. It is the same as "things go against the original". It comes from the biography of Wang Rui in the book of Wei.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Wang Rui, the book of Wei collected by Wei in the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is said that "if you sincerely think and do your best to repay what you have received, it does not mean that things go against your heart and suddenly your baby is seriously ill." Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty wrote the poem "Ji De Chen Qing Shang Zhi Zheng Taifu Du Xianggong": "the appearance of the first old age, because of worrying about the country, things contrary to the heart began to beg body."

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: go against one's wishes

Idiom usage

When I meet you, I hate you all my life. The poem "Jin Ju vs. Furong Jiang Xue's visit to the tomb" by Chen Weisong in Qing Dynasty