◎ 守株緣木 shǒuzhū-yuánmù

[abbreviation of two idioms:“wait for gains as one who stands by a tree stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves” and “do the impossible as one who climbs a tree to catch fish”] “守株待兔”、“緣木求魚”的略語,比喻不根據實際情況而去做根本不可能做到的事

乃區區循大道以求之,不幾於守株椽木乎?——馬中錫《中山狼傳》