南辕北辙的意思与事实相反背道而驰例使南辕北辙,无苦征途。——《福惠全书》英try to go south by driving the chariot north-act in a way that defeats one's purpose截然相反英poles apart,poles asunder
刻舟求剑的意思比喻看问题做事情死板不灵活不知情随势变英be stubbornly unimaginative as the man who marked the boat to find his lost sword;take measures without regard to changes in circumstances
井底之蛙的意思身处井底而只看到一小片天的青蛙。比喻见闻狭窄、眼光短浅的人英a frog living at the bottom of a well-depicting a man of ignorance
扑朔迷离的意思扑朔:犹言扑腾乱动的意思。迷离:眼睛眯起。《乐府诗集木兰诗》:“雄兔脚扑朔雌兔眼迷离;双兔傍地走,安能辨我是雄雌。”原指分辨不出雌雄。后用以形容事情错综复杂不易识别英complicated and confusing
杞人忧天的意思《列子天瑞》:“杞国有人忧天地崩坠身亡所寄,废寝食者”。传说杞国有个人怕天塌下来愁得寝食不安英like the man of Qi who was haunted by the fear that the sky might fall比喻不必要的忧虑英with unwarranted anxiety