赶鸭子上架

gǎnyāzishàngjià

drive a duck onto a perch—try to make somebody do something entirely beyond him

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make sb. do sth. who unable to do

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make sb. do sth. who unable to do

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gan3 ya1 zi5 shang4 jia4

drive a duck onto a perch, push sb to do sth way beyond their ability (idiom)

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赶鸭子上架

gǎn yā zi shàng jià

drive a duck onto a perch; force a donkey to dance; make sb. do sth. entirely beyond him

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趕鴨子上架|赶鸭子上架 [gǎn yā zi shàng jià] ► lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) ► fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability