隔gaak3靴hoe1搔sou1癢joeng5

English

1. lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom)
2. fig. beside the point
3. ineffectual
4. (lit.) to scratch an itch that is under a boot; (fig.) the pointlessness of one's speech or deedsunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 講嘢或者做嘢冇重點，不切實際unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  外行人學講內行話，總覺得係隔靴搔癢。

  It always comes to me as irritatingly pointless to hear amateurs using the insiders' language.