in a restless and jumpy mood

in a restless and jumpy mood

Yi Ma Xin ape, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ì m ǎ x ī NYU á n, which means to describe the mind is not fixed, like a monkey jumping, running as uncontrollable. It comes from the contract of participation.

The origin of Idioms

Wei Boyang of the Han Dynasty wrote "the heart ape is uncertain, the horse is galloping." Xu Hun of Tang Dynasty wrote a poem about Du Jushi: "the machine is full of heart, the ape is subdued, the God is idle, the horse is moving."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning.