Blinded by greed, reckless

Basic explanation

Cicada: Cicada. Mantis catches cicadas without realizing the potential danger. Metaphor is short-sighted.

This idiom comes from Liu Xiang's Talking about Zheng Yuanjian.

The book records such a story: the king of Wu wanted to ask Jing and told him about it: "Those who dare to remonstrate will die!" " ".Those who want to remonstrate but dare not, Maruko swims in the backyard, revealing his clothes. If so, they are Sandan. Wu Wangdao: "Zi Lai, why are you dressed like this?" He said, "There are trees in the garden, and there are cicadas on the trees. Cicada groans and drinks dew. I wonder if mantis is behind them! Mantis entrusted herself to cicada, completely ignoring knowing that yellowbird was around; Yellowbird craned its neck to peck mantis, but didn't know the projectile was under it! All three of them want to get back their previous benefits, regardless of the follow-up issues. " The prince said, "Good! "But its soldiers.

Translated into vernacular, during the Spring and Autumn Period, King Shou Meng of Wu prepared to attack Jingdi (Chu State), which was opposed by ministers. The king of Wu was very angry and warned at the meeting of ministers: "If he dares to suggest the army, I will put him to death!" " "

At this time, a teenager knew that he was in a low position, and his advice would not have any effect, but would only be implemented. Every morning, he wandered around the back garden of the palace with a slingshot and bullets and soaked his clothes with dew for many days. The king of Wu was surprised and asked, "Why is this?" The young man said, "There is a cicada in the big tree in the garden. While singing loudly, I sucked the dew, but I didn't know there was a mantis behind me. " Mantis wanted to catch cicada, but she didn't know there was a yellowbird beside her. And when the yellowbird wants to peck the mantis, how does it know that my projectile has been aimed at it? All three of them only care about immediate interests and can't see the disaster behind them. "The prince was very encouraged, so he cancelled the military action.