wait till the yellow river runs clear water

wait till the yellow river runs clear water

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is s ì h é zh ī Q ī ng, which means waiting for the Yellow River to clear. It's a metaphor for not being able to achieve what you expect. From Zuo Zhuan, the eighth year of Xianggong.

The origin of Idioms

In the eighth year of Xianggong in Zuozhuan, it is said in Zhoushi: "when the river is clear, how will life be?"

Idiom usage

Contraction; predicate; derogatory

Examples

What a "~" it is! On the bridge by Ye Shengtao