crane one's neck to look forward
In Chinese, Pinyin is y ǐ NL ǐ ng é RW à ng, which means to stretch your neck and look far away. I'm looking forward to it. It comes from Mencius, the first king of Liang Hui.
Analysis of Idioms
Look up and wait
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive; of desire
The origin of Idioms
"If there are people who don't like to kill, then all the people in the world will look forward to it," said Mencius King Liang Hui
crane one's neck to look forward
find by hard and thorough search - zhuī gēn sù yuán
sometimes an inch may prove long - cùn yǒu suǒ cháng