画饼充饥

[huà bǐng chōng jī]
  • 画饼充饥
  • 释义

    (比喻借空想安慰自己) draw cakes to allay hunger -- feed on illusions;a Barmecide feast;draw a cake and call it a dinner;draw [paint] a cake [pie] to satisfy (one's) hunger ;

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  • 聊以解嘲manage somehow to relieve embarrassment;in a feeble attempt to silence jeers;make a feeble attempt to explain things away when ridiculed;say or do sth. in order to avoid mockery ;
  • 自慰masturbation; console oneself
  • 望梅止渴quench one's thirst by thinking of plums -- console oneself with false hopes;feed on fancies;look at plums to quench thirst -- imagined satisfaction;quench thirst by watching plums -- impossible ;
  • 纸上谈兵talk about stratagems on paper -- empty talk;armchair strategy;empty phrases on a scrap of paper;engage in idle theorizing;be an armchair strategist ;
  • 无济于事be of no avail;a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff;a pill to cure an earthquake;It does not help the matter.;of no use ;
1、

He can't help thinking it's all just "pie in the sky" talk.

他禁不住想所有这些不过是“画饼充饥”的空话而已。

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2、

The idiom came from what the emperor said.

成语“画饼充饥”就来自于皇帝所说的话.

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3、

He can't help thinking it's all just 'pie in the sky' talk.

他禁不住想所有这些不过是“画饼充饥”的空话而已。

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4、

Even if it is a fantasy or an illusion, so long as it shows a ray of hope it still urges you on in pursuit of that little sparkle without letup.

不管是望梅止渴,还是画饼充饥,他都会激励你不停手中的浆,去追逐哪怕一星微小的火光。

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5、

Such reforms seem likely to remain little more than pious hopes.

这类改革可能只是画饼充饥而已。

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