志大才疏 meaning in English
have great ambition but little talent; have grandiose aims but puny abilities; ambitious but incompetent; have ability unequal to the great task one sets oneself; have capacities not commensurate with one's vaulting ambitions; have high aspirations but little ability; have high ambition [aspirations] but no real ability; high in aim but low-rate in execution; such noble aspirations call for abilities which he does not have
Examples
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
热心有馀，知识不足。志大才疏犹如脱?之马。 - Mr . smart considers himself the smartest man of hong kong . to this assessment , his mother takes strong exception . when he comes home from a seafaring job , he is angered by the fact his mother has rented out his room to a teacher
潇酒先生志大才疏，航海三年回港，另觅生计，归家发现其母已将其居室租与教员黄少白，大怒，其妹从中调停，先生与少白乃杯酒释嫌。