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粵語辭叢

癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉

laai3 haa1 mou1 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6included in 2 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongPhrase

形容醜男妄想#追 到靚女 (an unattractive man dreaming of having a beautiful girlfriend; literally: a skin-diseased toad wants to eat swan meat)

語句

Examples

吓?你想追女神呀?簡直癩蝦蟆想食天鵝肉!

haa5? nei5 soeng2 zeoi1 neoi5 san4 aa4? gaan2 zik6 laai3 haa1 mou1 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6!

What? You want to date the beautiful girl? You are dreaming for something impossible!

維基辭典YuePhrase

Original phonetic: /laːi̯³³ haː⁵⁵ mou̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ³⁵ sɪk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɔː²¹ jʊk̚²/

to be carried away by one's wishful thinking and overestimate one's abilities; to pursue something that is out of one's league