bore ice in order to get cream cheese

bore ice in order to get cream cheese

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ā Nb ī ngqi ú Hu ǒ, which means a metaphor for futility. It comes from the seven signatures of Yunji.

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Junfang of the Song Dynasty, volume 102 of the seven signatures of the Cloud Collection: "the shadow is far away from the sound, the cloud is removed from the fog, the ice is drilled for fire, and the nest is explored for fishing."

Idiom usage

Serial verb; predicate and attribute; derogatory meaning