The sea water cannot be measured
From Journey to the West: The Eleventh Journey: "Your Majesty, people cannot look like each other, and the sea water cannot be measured. If you love the rich and beautiful, how can you catch the demons and thieves?
Explanation: You can't judge a person based on his appearance, just as you can't measure seawater with a bucket, you can't underestimate someone's future based on his appearance. Derived from the meaning, you can not just look at the appearance of a person's potential, seawater can not just use a small bucket to measure its inner content.
Expanded:
People can't look like people, and the sea can't be measured by a bucket of waterNear synonyms:
1, God's color is Zhanghuang
God's color is Zhanghuang's meaning is that in an emergency situation, the demeanor and the face is tense and alarmed, and loses its normalcy.
Citation: Qing Dynasty - Zhang Chunfan "Nine Tailed Turtle" 76th: "There was nothing to be done, only to hear a sound of footsteps on the staircase, when the official has come back, and the first to go Li Sheng walked in together, his complexion Zhanghuang, sweating all over his head."
Translation: precisely when there was nothing to be done, only a sound of footsteps on the stairs was heard, and the official had returned, and came in with the man who had gone first, Li Sheng, looking flustered and sweating all over his head.
2, An plug as usual
An plug as usual means like the original as nothing.
Citation: Han - Xun Yue, "Han Ji - Gaozu Ji": "The officials are all peaceful as usual, and the people compete to offer cows and sprinkles."
Translation: The officials and people were all living in peace and contentment as usual, and the people competed to offer oxen and wine.
3. Sit without peeping into the hall
Sit without peeping into the hall means to sit without squinting and to concentrate.
Citation: "Three Kingdoms Zhi-Wei Zheng Hun Zhuan": "Zhang Mengzhuo (Miao), the elder of Dongping, sat without peeping into the hall."
Translation: Zhang Mengzhuo (塑) Shuiping long one, sitting without peering into the hall, concentrating on one thing.