癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉 [癞－－－－－鹅－]

Jyutping laai3 haa1 mou1 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6
Pinyin lài há ma xiǎng shí tiān é ròu

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. literal meaning: a toad lusting after a swan's flesh, a metaphor to describe those who wants to go after someone that is out of their league
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    形容​醜男​妄想​追到​靚​女
    an unattractive man dreaming of having a beautiful girlfriend; literally: a skin-diseased toad wants to eat swan meat
    • 吓？你想追女神呀？簡直癩蝦蟆想食天鵝肉！
      吓？你想追女神呀？简直癞虾蟆想食天鹅肉！
      haa5? nei5 soeng2 zeoi1 neoi5 san4 aa4? gaan2 zik6 laai3 haa1 mou1 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6!
      What? You want to have the beautiful girl as your girlfriend? You are dreaming for something impossible!
  2. 近義詞
    不自量力、痴心妄想
  3. 參看
    癩蝦蟆想食天鵝肉
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb, Cantonese
    to be carried away by one's wishful thinking and overestimate one's abilities; to pursue something that is out of one's league
    (syn.) 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉, 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    癞蛤蟆想食天鹅肉
    癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉
    • an unattractive man dreaming of having a beautiful girlfriend