lose a great deal through trying to save a little

lose a great deal through trying to save a little

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī nxi ǎ OSH ī D à, which means to lose big interests for small interests. From the new theory of greedy love.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: abandon the essence and pursue the end antonym]: kill two birds with one stone

Idiom usage

He just ignored it, saying that he was in the foreign world and could be OK. I don't know how to understand anti-terrorism when it comes to checking? (Huang Xiaopei's twenty year dream of prosperity in Qing Dynasty)

The origin of Idioms

In the new treatise on greed and love written by Liu Zhou of Han Dynasty, it is said that "to destroy the country and the body is the laughing matter of the whole world, and to be greedy for small profits is to lose big profits."

Idioms and allusions

In 1485, King Richard III and count Henry fought a decisive battle at Bosworth. This battle will decide to lock in the new winner of the British throne. Before the war, the horseman prepared horseshoe nails for the king. The blacksmith had been busy nailing the king's army's horses in recent days, and the pieces of iron had been used up. Ask to find it. The coachman impatiently urged: "the king is going to take the lead, I can't wait!" the blacksmith had to cut an iron bar into four parts to make a horseshoe. When the third horseshoe was finished, the blacksmith found that there were not enough nails. Ask for the nail. The groom said, "God, I've heard the bugle. I can't wait." The blacksmith said, "without a nail, it will not be firm." "Make do with it, or the king will do me wrong." As a result, the fourth paw of the king's horse was missing a nail. At the beginning of the battle, the king led his army into the battle. In the battle, an unexpected misfortune happened. His horse suddenly lost one of its paws, and the king fell to the ground, and the frightened horse ran away. The king's misfortune made the soldiers demoralized. They turned around and fled one after another. The count's army surrounded the king. In desperation, the king waved his sword and sighed: "God, my country is ruined on this horse!" after the war, a folk song came out: a nail is missing and a horse's paw is missing. Lost a horse's paw, lost a war horse. Lose a horse, lose a battle. Lost a battle, destroyed a dynasty.