眼高手低 [yǎn gāo shǒu dī]
1 心目中的标准很高,而实际的能力很低,无法实现。
英 be fastidious but incomperent; have great ambition but little talent; have grandiose aims but puny abilities;
1 眼界高但能力低。
1 比喻要求标准高,而实际执行能力却很低。也作「眼高手生」。
英语 to have high standards but little ability, to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)