南辕北辙
      Explanation: To the south while the car was northbound. The opposite action and the purpose of metaphor.
      Usage: Joint type; as object, attribute; containing derogatory
      Source: Han Liu Xiang "Warring Wei Policy": "to Canton to respect the name of the movement the more the number of the king, and the farther away from the king of the ear. Utah to the north of Chu."
      Examples: Do you want these six requirements, and the terms of the central six out about, is simply ~, falls far short of what is and meetings at all. (Caidong Fan, Xu hut Father "Romance of the Republic of the popular" Back to the sixty-eighth)
      Riddle: Opposite
  • Thesaurus:  alien, the result is just the contrary, Saved by the lead foot, things go contrary to one's wishes, contradistinction