杞人憂天
simp杞人忧天gei2 jan4 jau1 tin1Qǐ rén yōu tiān
English
- (lit.) like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
- to worry about something that is very unlikely to happen; literally: to worry that the sky might fall down
- (fig.) to entertain groundless fears
粵語 — Cantonese
- 過份擔心,擔心一啲唔會發生嘅事
Examples
邊有咁易世界末日吖,你唔使杞人憂天嘅。
We all know the apocalypse is just a myth. You shouldn't worry too much.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk