Thorns in the sky and thorns in the earth

Thorns in the sky and thorns in the earth

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ti ā NJ ī NGD ì J í, which means that the world is full of thorns. It refers to a difficult world or situation. It's from hard to go.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Yongxi's poem "difficult journey" in Ming Dynasty: "the clouds are long, the day is cold, the sky is thorny, the earth is thorny, the journey is difficult."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.

Examples

Chapter 12 of Li Baojia's a brief history of civilization in the Qing Dynasty: "our money is limited, and their desires are hard to fill. They will come to the thorns of heaven and earth, and it will be difficult to do one step."