Children's idioms draw a stick figure with dragons licking their feet.

adding feet to a snake when drawing a snake. The metaphor of doing something superfluous is not only useless, but also inappropriate. It is also a metaphor for fictional facts.

[ Pinyin ]

huà shé tiān zú

[ Source ]

Han Liuxiang's "Qi Ce of Warring States Policy": "Chu has a shrine; Give his guest a drink. Sheren said,' Several people don't drink enough; One person drinks more than enough; Please draw the ground as a snake; The first to succeed drinks. " One snake comes first; Lead wine and drink it; Is the left hand holding; Draw a snake with your right hand; Say,' I can do nothing for it.' Failed; One person's snake becomes; Take it away and say,' Snakes are not enough; Zi An can do it. " Then drink its wine. Those who are snake feet; There is no wine in the end.

[ Example ]

What was a successful speech was defeated by the joke of gilding the lily at the end.

[ near meaning ]

Self-defeating is counterproductive ...

[ antonym ]

The finishing touch is just right. ...