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Originally Posted by bmo
How about Chinese "An ugly toad dreams of eating swan meat," an impossible and unrealistic dream?
BMO
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If an ugly toad can eat swan meat, that'll be a fresh flower stuck in feces. :? |
"People in hell want ice water" is an unrealistic wish. Christians believe hell is a fiery place, and water is hard to come by, but they are some who want more than water, they want ice water.
Example: Mom, can I have ten cookies instead for breakfast this morning? No. People in hell want ice water, finish the eggs and sausages before they get cold.
Chinese's "An ugly toad dreams of eating swan meat" fits into this idiom although it usually describes an ugly man wanting to marry a beautiful woman.
Teachers, is there an idiom describing an extreme contrast, like a very beautiful woman marries an ugly man? Chinese calls it, "A fresh flower stuck in cow feces?" (As Sabrina mentioned above.)
Come to think of it, Chinese don't believe in "Beauty is skin deep," do they?
BMO