绠短汲深gěng duǎn jí shēna short rope for a deep well—ability inadequate for the task; unequal to a given task; be out of one’s depth
❍ 当他们谈到核子物理学时，我就感到～，不能理解。When they started talking about nuclear physics,I could not but feel that it was quite beyond my depth. 绠短汲深ɡěnɡ duǎn jí shēn绠：打水用的绳子；汲：从下往上打水。原比喻才学浅疏，难以理解深奥的道理；现多比喻才能浅薄，难以胜任艰巨的工作。be beyond one’s grasp, ability inadequate for the task, be beyond one’s depth |