守株緣木

守株緣木shǒu zhū yuán mù

◎“守株待兔”、“緣木求魚”的略語，比喻不根據實際情況而去做根本不可能做到的事。

例如乃區區循大道以求之，不幾於守株椽木乎？ —— 馬中錫《中山狼傳》

英文abbreviation of two idioms:“wait for gains as one who stands by a tree stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves” and “do the impossible as one who climbs a tree to catch fish”;