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Home / Idiom / 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉

lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) · fig. to try to punch above one's weight

癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) to overestimate one's capabilities不自量力bù zì liàng lìto be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) · to labor under a delusion · wishful thinking痴心妄想chī xīn wàng xiǎng
Antonyms
to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence · One does what one can.量力而行liàng lì ér xíng
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