Use bones to kill ants

Use bones to kill ants

The Chinese idiom, y ǐ g ǔ Q ù y ǐ, is used to drive away ants with meat. The more ants there are. Metaphorical behavior and purpose contradict each other and only get the opposite result. From Jin Lou Zi · Liyan Xia.

explain

Use meat to drive away ants. The more ants there are. Metaphorical behavior and purpose contradict each other and only get the opposite result. It's the same as "killing ants with meat".

source

In the Southern Dynasty, Liang Yuandi's "jinlouzi · liyanxia" said, "if you use bones to kill ants, the more ants there are; if you use fish to drive flies, the more flies there are."

usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences