overrate one's capability

overrate one's capability

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ǐ zh ǐ n á of è I, meaning to stir water with your fingers. If you don't measure yourself, you will fail. From Xunzi Yibing.

Idiom explanation

Scratch: stir. Stir the water with your fingers. If you don't measure yourself, you will fail.

The origin of Idioms

"Xunzi Yibing" says, "deceiving Yao with Jie is like throwing an egg into a stone and scratching a boil with a finger."

Idiom usage

If you want to fight against me, for example, by throwing an egg into a stone, it will be rotten. How can you be lucky. Zhu Zhiyu, Ming Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: cast a stone with an egg