高不成低不就
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can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom)
not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
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Idiom惯用语 · In everyday use
- Literally
- can't achieve the high, won't settle for the low
- Meaning
- Aiming too high to reach it yet refusing anything lesser, so achieving nothing, as in job or marriage choices. Critical.
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