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."
Thorns in the sky and thorns in the earth
The thunder is too fast to cover the ear - jí léi bù jí yǎn ěr
with some drawing in the front and others pushing in the rear , one could not but advance - qián wǎn hòu tuī