指雁为羹比喻空想或虚假不实。[查看详情]

缘木求鱼爬上树去找鱼。比喻行事的方向、方法不对必将劳而无功。例今以所重加非其人望其毗益万分，兴化致理璧犹缘木求鱼，升山采珠。——《后汉书刘玄传》英Do the impossible as one who climb a tree to catch fish—a fruitless approach;[查看详情]

聊以自慰姑且用来安慰自己。[查看详情]

纸上谈兵比喻夸夸其谈不切实际。也比喻只是空谈不能成为现实。英armchair strategy; engage in idle theorizing; fight only on paper;[查看详情]

望梅止渴比喻虚望而不能实得。例官人今日眼见一文也无提甚三五两银子正是教俺“望梅止渴，画饼充饥。”——《水浒传》英quench one’s thirst by thinking of plums; barmacides feast;[查看详情]

充饥画饼喻借助空想安慰自己。[查看详情]

无济于事对解决问题毫无济助。例以为无济于事也。——《广东军务记》到了这日只有一个把兄弟，寄来五百两银子也无济于事。——《官场现形记》英of no avail; will not mend matters; to no effect;[查看详情]