throw an egg against a rock -- court defeat by fighting against overwhelming odds an egg dashing itself against a rock an egg trying to crush a stone court one´s own ruin
You are fighting a hopeless battle by doing that.
你那么做根本是以卵击石,徒劳无功。
—— 给力词典精选She was not up to coping with the motion of the train.
她不足以对付移动的火车。 (以卵击石)
—— 给力词典精选Never send a sheep to kill a wolf.
不要以卵击石,不自量力。
—— 给力词典精选A result, yi luan , defeat and flee, Xiao Fu captured and sentenced to death penalty.
结果, 以卵击石, 兵败而逃, 肖芾被擒,判处死罪。
—— 给力词典精选The young man kicked against the pricks by challenging a boxing champion to a contest.
那年轻人向一位拳击冠军挑战,简直是以卵击石。
—— 给力词典精选