Once, a carter was driving his cart when a mantis jumped out in front of it. Raising its forelegs, the mantis tried to obstruct the cart's passage. Of course, it was crushed by one of the wheels.
This idiom is used to describe someone who overrates themselves and attempts to do what is beyond their ability. The result can be nothing but failure.
从前，一位车夫正驾着马车前行，一只螳螂突然跳到车前。它举起前腿，试图阻挡马车通过。结果，它自然被车轮碾碎了。
这个成语用来形容那些高估自己、试图做力所不及之事的人。其结果只能是失败。
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