walk in the way of a duck

walk in the way of a duck

The Chinese idiom, y ā x í ng é B ù, means to walk like a goose or a duck. It means walking slowly. It comes from the second book of Dong Tang Lao written by Qin Jianfu in Yuan Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan · Qin Jianfu's the second fold of dongtanglao: "I can't see that you have a wide tip, a high belly and a high chest, and you walk with a duck."

Analysis of Idioms

words whose meaning is similar

wobble along like a duck or a goose

Idiom usage

Be slow in action