用英語說成語:枯魚之肆（雙語）

During the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 戰(zhàn)國), Juang-tz's family was very
poor. When they had nothing left to eat, Juang-tz went to borrow some money from
a local official. However, the official told Juang-tz that he would not be able
to lend him any money until after he had collected the rent.

Juang-tz was very angry, and he said to the official, "Yesterday I saw a
crucian carp in a ditch that had dried up.He looked as if he was about to die,
and asked me to quickly fetch a bucket of water to save his life. I told him
that I was on my way south, where there is a lot of water, and that I would
certainly bring some back for him. But the carp grew very angry and said,

"By the time you've gotten back with that water, I won't be here anymore!
You'll have to go look for me at a dried fish store!"

This idiom is used to mean that a promise of help later is of no use in an
immediate crisis.

戰(zhàn)國時代，莊子家里很窮，簡直就沒飯吃了，他就到藍河侯家里去借錢。莊子到了藍河侯，表示要向他借錢，沒想到籃河侯說：“你要借錢沒問題，不過要等我收到租金以后。”

莊子很氣忿，就對藍河侯說：“昨天我在路旁的干水溝里看見一條鯽魚，他說是從東海來的，今天不幸掉在干水溝里，眼看就要干死了，快點兒給扦一桶水救救
他。”我點頭說：“好，我正要到南方去，那里到處都有水，我一定把西江的水放出來救你。”不料鯽魚很氣忿地說：“等到你把西江的水放出來，那時候我早已不
在這兒了，你只能到咸魚灘兒上找我了。”

枯魚之肆 【翻譯】The desperate struggle of fish.