拔苗助长
Ba Miao Zhu Zhang
(That's Chinese, right. Tones, for toney people, go 2-2-4-3.)
It means: "Help the saplings grow by pulling them upwards" - in other words, to spoil something by displaying excessive zeal or enthusiasm.
Handy one to be able to flick out when the moment is ripe.
Ah yes, when the moment is ripe - and not premature...
ReplyDeleteDon't go trying to pull those saplings up.
Yes, er, very interesting little proverby idiom thing, Edward. Tres interessant...