- climb trees to catch [look for] fish -- cannot get blood from a stone; [While the first part shows the original meaning, the second part is a good figure of speech.]
- catch fish in a tree -- a useless search;
- milk the bull; [I like this very much!]
- seek roses in December; [I like this, too.]
- try to do the impossible; to attempt the impossible;
- wring [get] water from a flint; [I also like this very much.]
- look (for something) in the wrong place -- toil with no gain; [This explanation is good; it's easy to understand!]
- conduct [carry out] something in the wrong way (or by taking the wrong approach);
- ...
Well, it's been a true story of mine that I failed to see the bird (see photos) actually swallow the fish on the tree last Wednesday. I just knew it had caught a fish from the pool and took it up there on the top of a tree; however, I was not sure if it could swallow up such a big fish.
One week later, I came back to the same park this afternoon and saw the same bird standing on (or should I say in?) another tree by the pond. I was still wondering whether it had actually swallowed the fish or not. -- See also: Yuan mu qiu yu (posted on April 29)
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