"骑驴找马"什么意思？

he2xu4

November 24, 2011, 02:58 PM posted in I Have a Question

骑驴找马

Riding a donkey looking for a horse?

I found this answer:

因为不认识马,所以就只有比照驴子的样子去找

Because you don't know any horses, so you just only know the donkey kind to go look.

Here's another interpretation:

“骑驴找马”这个词来源于北方的俗语，没什么具体的来历。意思是暂且骑着驴，等找到好一些的坐骑后再换。这个词的本意没什么褒贬，是个中性词，但它还可以换一种表达方式，大意也差不了多少，就是：“吃着碗里的，看着锅里的”。不过后者的意思虽然不差太多，只是褒贬立判，变成了人心不足、贪得无厌的贬义词。

Based on these, I'm taking a guess is that the meaning is something like "Don't get too greedy" ?