熱地上的螻蟻

Simplified: 热地上的蝼蚁

rèdìshàngdelóuyǐ ㄖㄜˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄌㄡˊ ㄧˇ

    • person frantic with worry and with nowhere to turn
    • like a cat on hot bricks

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Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Literally
tiny ants on scorching ground
Meaning
A variant of 热锅上的蚂蚁 'ants on a hot pan': a person frantic with worry and with nowhere to turn.

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