- to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)
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- to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm
This idiom describes the act of trying to help something grow or progress too quickly, which ultimately leads to negative results.
He pulls out seedlings every day to make the plants grow faster.
Working hard is good, but spoiling things through excessive enthusiasm will only backfire.
Generated collocations (experimental)
bá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长to spoil things through excessive enthusiasmjí yú急于bá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长to be overly eager and spoil thingsbá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长de的zuò fǎ做法the practice of spoiling things through hastebù yào不要bá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长don't spoil things by being overly enthusiasticbá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长de的sī xiǎng思想the mindset of spoiling things through impatiencefáng zhǐ防止bá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长to prevent spoiling things through excessive enthusiasmbá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长de的hòu guǒ后果the consequences of spoiling things through hastebá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长de的diǎn xíng典型lì zi例子a typical example of spoiling things through impatiencejǐng tì警惕bá miáo zhù zhǎng拔苗助长to be alert against spoiling things through overexcitement
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