expect tremendous return from meager investment
The Chinese idiom, t ú NT í R á ngTi á n in pinyin, means that it costs little but hopes too much. It comes from the funny biographies of historical records.
The origin of Idioms
According to the records of funny biographies in historical records, there was a farmer who sacrificed a pig hoof to God to wish Zhuang Jia a good harvest.
Idiom usage
As an object, attribute, etc.
expect tremendous return from meager investment
The government is clean and the people are harmonious - zhèng qīng rén hé
know something of everything but not everything of something - wú shǔ zhī jì
flowery and bombastic style of writing - fú wén qiǎo yǔ
a lone dove or a solitary bird -- a widow - guǎ hú gū luán