dredge the moon out from the bottom of the water

dredge the moon out from the bottom of the water

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Shu ǐ D ǐ m ō Yu è, which means to do something that can't be done at all, only in vain. It comes from the seven kinds of manuscripts, strange banter and proverb wisdom written by Lang Ying of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

In vain; in vain

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: looking for the moon in the water, looking for the moon in the haystack

The origin of Idioms

Lang Ying of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his book "seven kinds of revisions · strange banter · proverb wisdom": "when you drink wine on credit, it's romantic; when you drink, it's meteor catching the moon; when you ask for money, it's water touching the moon. He is also a rogue

Idiom explanation

It's a waste of effort to do something that can't be done at all. The same as "fishing for the moon in the water".