蚍蜉撼树

蚍蜉撼树

韩愈是唐朝著名的诗人。他的一首诗中写到：“蚍蜉撼大树，可笑不自量。”(蚂蚁高估了自己的能力，竟然想推倒大树，十分可笑。）

此成语用来比喻力量很小却想撼动强大的事物，自不量力。

An Ant Trying to Shake a Big Tree

Han Yu (hàn yù 韩愈)was a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty ( tàng chào 唐朝,618-907). In one of his poems he wrote, "An ant tries to topple a giant tree, ridiculously overrating its ability."

This idiom later was used to indicate overestimating one's power and trying to overthrow someone much stronger.