draw a cake and call it a dinner feed on illusions draw cakes to allay hunger -- feed on illusions a barmecide feast pie in the sky draw a cake to satisfy hunger barmecide feast
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。
—— 给力词典精选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。
—— 柯林斯例句The idiom came from what the emperor said.
成语“画饼充饥”就来自于皇帝所说的话。
—— 给力词典精选Sometimess only thing, trying to quench thirst.
有时只是画饼充饥,望梅止渴。 。
—— 给力词典精选Can look at the family´s website only, him feed on illusions.
只能看着人家的网站,自己画饼充饥。
—— 给力词典精选