老鼠拉龜
simp老鼠拉龟lou5 syu2 laai1 gwai1lǎo shǔ lā guī
English
- don't know where to start; don't know how to handle [colloquial]
- A sandwich pun. It means "no way to solve"; not knowing where to start ; literally : a mouse pulling a tortoise
粵語 — Cantonese
- 歇後語:無從入手;冇埞埋手。烏龜受驚時會縮埋個龜頭同手手腳腳入個殼度,老鼠想拉走佢就冇地方落手。
Examples
今次真係老鼠拉龜!好狼狽呀!
I'm at my wit's end! I'm in trouble!
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk