抓瞎
zhuā xiā
Pinyin
Definition
抓瞎
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- to be caught unprepared
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
抓耳挠腮
- 1 to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
眼瞎耳聋
- 1 to be deaf and blind (idiom)
睁眼说瞎话
- 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
- 2 to talk drivel
睁着眼睛说瞎话
- 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
- 2 to talk drivel
瞎子摸象
- 1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
- 2 to mistake the part for the whole
- 3 unable to see the wood for the trees