lie with one 's head pillowed on a spear , awaiting the enemy

lie with one 's head pillowed on a spear , awaiting the enemy

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ě ng ē D à ID í, which means to wait for the enemy with weapons on the pillow. It describes being ready to kill the enemy at any time. It comes from the biography of Chu Yuan in the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Biography of Chu Yuan in the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty: "build a new pavilion and wait for the enemy The first time you make friends, the first time you send the villains. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: Pillow

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate or attributive