idiom > Fall soup Crab
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Off the crab soup
  Explanation: Soup: hot water. Crab landed in hot water as normal. Describe the rush of embarrassed look.
  Source: Original Song, Buddhism, Taoism, "Jing Chuan Deng recorded" Volume crab soup nineteenth Yisi off hands and feet fuss. "
  Examples: Eyes suddenly fall day, Mo may drop soup crab, confused. (Qing Hao Zhai "Popular series bird fish")
No. 2
  词目 落汤螃蟹
  发音 luò tāng páng xiè
  释义 汤:热水。如同落在热水里的螃蟹一般。形容手忙脚乱的狼狈样子。
  出处 宋·释道原《景德传灯录》卷十九:“一似落汤螃蟹,手脚忙乱。”
  示例 忽一日眼光落地,莫似落汤螃蟹,手忙脚乱。(清·翟灏《通俗编·禽鱼》)
佛教百科
  【落汤螃蟹】 (杂语)公案名。五灯会元曰:“云门偃曰:忽一日眼光落地,莫似落汤螃蟹。,手忙脚乱。”