望梅止渴

Explanation: Intended to sour plum, people will want to eat plum salivation, thirst and therefore can not be achieved ◇ metaphor desire, comfort themselves with the fantasy. 　　Usage: -Linked; as predicate, object, attribute; containing derogatory 　　Source: Southern Song Liu Yiqing "Shi false deceitful" Wei Wu Ji Road Bank Hall lost, the military are thirsty, Nailing said, 'before the big Merlin, Rao, adenosine can quench your thirst. 'His soldiers heard of it, all mouth water, take this too and the former source. " 　　Examples: Luan demolition of books read, have not had to _set_ a period, but also when the castles in the air, ~. ★ Ming Feng Meng, "Jingshitongyan" Volume fourteen 　　Story: One summer, Cao Cao led his troops in a punitive expedition against Zhang Xiu was extraordinarily hot, hot,, not a cloud in the sky, the armed forces to walk on the winding mountain road, both sides of the thick trees and rocks were hot sun tan feel suffocated. To noon, the soldiers of the clothes are all wet and slow down the speed of the march, there are several weak soldiers even fainted on the street. Cao Cao look at the marching speed slow, worried about delaying aircraft, my heart was very anxious. However, now with tens of thousands of troops could not drink the water, how can we speed up the speed? He immediately called Wizard, quietly asked him: "It may have water nearby?" The guide shook his head and said: "The spring in the valley on the other side, to make a detour which was very far away." Cao Cao realized that "No , not enough time. "He looked at the front of the woods, thought for a moment, the guide said:" You say nothing, I'll find a way. "He had a force under the command requested speed will not help. Their brains, changing the approach to, and he one clip horse stomach, rushed to the front of fast, pointing to the front with a whip, said: "Soldiers, I know there is a large front Merlin, where the plums are big and tasty, and we quickly hurry, bypass the hill to the Merlin it! "the soldiers heard this, he seems to have ingest, energy levels, could not help to speed up the pace a lot. This story comes from "Shi false deceitful." Phrase "fancies" to refer to himself or others with dream comfort. Thesaurus:  Talk to toy, sour grapes, Talk to mockery Antonym Group:  Much ado about nothing, Concern for the ancients, borrow trouble