英雄无用武之地 meaning in English
a hero with no place to display his prowess; able as they were, they had no chance to carry out their ideals.; a competent man has no opportunity to show his talents.; a hero with no scope for showing his heroism; an able person with no scope for displaying his abilities; no scope to exercise one's abilities; no scope for displaying one's abilities
Examples
- In our school , professor johnson is a big fish in a small pond
约翰逊教授在我们学校，就像是小池里的大鱼，英雄无用武之地了。 - In our school , professor johnson is a big fish in a small pond
约翰逊教授在我们学校，就像是小池里的大鱼，英雄无用武之地了。 - If , living among the new masses , some comrades , as i said before , are still " lacking in knowledge and understanding " and remain " heroes with no place to display their prowess " , then difficulties will arise for them , and not only when they go out to the villages ; right here in yenan difficulties will arise for them
如果同志们在新的群众中间，还是像我上次说的“不熟，不懂，英雄无用武之地” ，那末，不但下乡要发生困难，不下乡，就在延安，也要发生困难的。