idiom > Knock the ice to fire
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Knock the ice to fire
  Explanation: Knocking on the ice to find the fire. Analogy impossible things.
  Usage: -Linked; as predicate, object; metaphor impossible things
  Source: "Big bright Tripitaka," the next volume: "knock the ice to fire, on the power fail."
With the "knock ice Cable Fire"
  With the "knock ice cable fire."
   "Big Bright Scriptures" Volume under: "The teacher said: 'hit the ice to fire, of a failed power'."
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No. 3
  敲冰求火 ( qiāo bīng qiú huǒ )
  解 释 敲开冰找火。比喻不可能实现的事。
  出 处 《大光明藏经》下卷:“敲冰求火,论功不遂。”
  用 法 连动式;作谓语、宾语;比喻不可能实现的事
  近义词 缘木求鱼
Thesaurus
seek a hare in a hen's nest, draw water with a bamboo basket; all in vain, ask the way from a blind person, Dao in the blind, Drilling the ice to fire, Making fire drill ice, Zuanhuodebing, Yuanshanqiuyu, Yuanmuxiyu
Antonym
very easily obtainable, acquire sth.easily, Hand to cite, be sure to succeed easily, as easy as taking sth. out of one's pocket, have full assurance to get go after an easy prey as one who catches a tuttle in a jar, go on [upon] the scamp