sail a boat down the river

sail a boat down the river

Sailing along the river is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is sh ù nshu ǐ x í ngzh ō u, which means sailing along the direction of the current. It refers to speaking and acting according to the situation.

Idiom explanation

Idiom: sailing with the current

Pinyin: SH ù nshu ǐ x í ngzh ō u

Explanation: sail in the direction of the current. It refers to speaking and acting according to the situation.

Idioms and allusions

Source: the fourth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "I heard that the master's promotion is also the power of the Jia family. This Xue pan is the relative of the Jia family. Why don't you go along with the current and make a whole person to settle the case, so that you can see the Jia family in the future."

For example: the two families, the man and the woman, sail along the river without any effort. Li Lvyuan's the lamp on the wrong road in Qing Dynasty

Discrimination of words

Usage: as object, attribute and adverbial; used in figurative sentences

Synonyms: push the boat with the current, sail with the current, push the boat with the current

Antonym: a side effect