懶驢上磨屎尿多
lǎn​lǘ​shàng​mò​shǐ​niào​duō

to find many excuses to delay work

  • created sense approved 懒驴上磨屎尿多/懶驢上磨屎尿多 · lǎn​lǘ​shàng​mò​shǐ​niào​duō · to find many excuses to delay work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    懒驴上磨屎尿多 / 懶驢上磨屎尿多

    lǎn​lǘ​shàng​mò​shǐ​niào​duō

    to find many excuses to delay work

    (proverb) used to describe a lazy person who makes up many excuses to avoid or delay a task; literally, when a lazy donkey is put to work at the grindstone, it suddenly needs to pee and poop a lot

    懒 (literal) → 懒/懶 · lǎn · lazy 驴 (literal) → 驴/驢 · lǘ · donkey 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 磨 (literal) → 磨 · mò · millstone 屎尿 (literal) → 屎尿 · shǐ​niào · excrement and urine 多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many

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