do the impossible climb trees to catch fish -- cannot get blood from a stone catch fish in a tree -- a useless search do things by the wrong method
Getting a pay rise in this firm is like getting blood from a stone.
在这家商行里想增加工资简直是缘木求鱼。
—— 辞典例句Solomon saw the futility of seeking satisfaction in people and things.
所罗门看出在人与事上找寻满足,乃是缘木求鱼。
—— 给力词典精选You cannot wring water from a flint.
燧石里拧不出水来(缘木求鱼)。
—— 给力词典精选Out of nothing one can get nothing.
缘木求鱼无所获。
—— 给力词典精选It is very hard to shave an egg.
缘木求鱼。
—— 给力词典精选