cut a ridiculous figure because of self-overestimation; make a laughing-stock of oneself by overrating oneself; make oneself ridiculous by overestimating one's ability; ridiculously overrate oneself
蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量: ridiculously overrate oneself like an ant trying to topple a giant tree
蚍蜉撼大树可笑不自量: a tiny insect trying to shake a mighty tree is ludicrously ignorant of its own weakness
不自量: not take a proper measure of oneself; overrate one's own abilities; do sth. beyond one's ability or strength; overconfident; be unaware of one's own limitations [impotence; weaknesses]; go beyond one's depth; kick against the pricks; not to estimate properly one's own power; not to know one's own limits; overrate oneself; put a quart into a pint pot; undertake what is beyond one's power 蚍蜉撼大树, 可笑不自量 ridiculously overrate oneself like an ant trying to topple a giant tree
A tiny insect , trying to shake a mighty tree , is ludicrously ignorant of its own weakness . 蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量。
Like ants trying to shake a huge tree , ridiculously overrating themselves ; they were merely like ants trying to shake a giant tree. how they overrated themselves ! 蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量。
可笑: laughable; ridiculous; ludic ...不自量: not take a proper measure of ...蚍蜉撼大树,可笑不自量: ridiculously overrate oneself like an ant trying to topple a giant tree蚍蜉撼大树可笑不自量: a tiny insect trying to shake a mighty tree is ludicrously ignorant of its own weakness不自量: not take a proper measure of oneself; overrate one's own abilities; do sth. beyond one's ability or strength; overconfident; be unaware of one's own limitations [impotence; weaknesses]; go beyond one's depth; kick against the pricks; not to estimate properly one's own power; not to know one's own limits; overrate oneself; put a quart into a pint pot; undertake what is beyond one's power 蚍蜉撼大树, 可笑不自量 ridiculously overrate oneself like an ant trying to topple a giant tree不自量力: overconfident; to teach one's grandma to suck eggs不自量力的: over confident太不自量: greatly over-rate [overestimate] oneself; think too much [highly] of oneself; too bold and over-confident你说可笑不可笑: isn’t it funny不自量力,力不从心: bite off more than one can chew自量: estimate one's own ability or strength 不知自量 overrate one's abilities可笑: 1.(滑稽可笑) laughable; ridiculous; ludicrous; funny 滑稽可笑的故事 funny story2.(荒唐可笑) ridiculous; absurd 预言明天太阳将不升起是荒唐可笑的。 it is ridiculous to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow不知自量: (亦作“不自量”, “不自量力”) undertake what is beyond one's power [ability]; not to know one's own limits核自量子数: nuclear spin quantum number自量体温: take one’s temperature, to不可笑: that isn’t funny可笑;滑稽: funny可笑的: absurd; burlesque; cockamamie; cockamamy; comical; cornball; derisible; foolish; grotesque; humorous; laughable; laughing; ludicrous; ridiculous可笑地: grotesquely; ludicrously; ridiculously; zanily可笑记: kashōki大笑不能: aphonogelia大笑不能症: aphongelia大笑不止: fotfl哭笑不得: be able neither to cry nor to laugh; be at a loss whether to cry or to laugh; be unable either to laugh or to cry; do not know whether to cry or to laugh; find sth. both funny and annoying; one can neither cry nor laugh.; one's face was a study喜笑不休: constant laughter