綆短汲深gěng duǎn jí shēna short rope for a deep well—ability inadequate for the task; unequal to a given task; be out of one’s depth
? 當(dāng)他們談到核子物理學(xué)時，我就感到～，不能理解。When they started talking about nuclear physics,I could not but feel that it was quite beyond my depth. 綆短汲深ɡěnɡ duǎn jí shēn綆：打水用的繩子；汲：從下往上打水。原比喻才學(xué)淺疏，難以理解深奧的道理；現(xiàn)多比喻才能淺薄，難以勝任艱巨的工作。be beyond one’s grasp, ability inadequate for the task, be beyond one’s depth |