That's how you muddle along, as long as you can get by. Describe a lack of ambition and long-term planning. It also means to do things carelessly and perfunctory. With a derogatory connotation. Generally, it is used as predicate, attribute and adverbial in sentences.
It is said that a strange bird lives on Wutai Mountain. It has two wings, which will fall off in winter and summer, but it can't fly very far. There is enough room for feet. With the different seasons and climate in a year, its appearance has also changed obviously. Summer is its happiest day. It has colorful feathers, gorgeous, plump and bright. At this time, it goes in and out of the Woods and spreads its wings in the sun, which is very beautiful. Birds all appreciate it. So it gloated and sang: "It is said that the phoenix is beautiful, and the phoenix is not as good as me! Muddle along! " However, the summer passed quickly, and the cold winter is coming. Some hardy birds stayed, and everyone was busy building nests and preparing for the winter. Only it still shows off its beauty everywhere. Little sparrow advised him, "Dear friend, don't just care about beauty. Get ready for the winter. How cold it is in winter! " "He said impatiently," well, I have beautiful feathers, so I don't need to build a nest. You need to make a nest only if you are extremely ugly. Muddle along! " The sparrow shook its head and flew away. It kept singing, "Listen, birds, I'm going to be selected in the beauty contest. Muddle along! " Suddenly a cold wind blew all night. The birds hid in the warm nest for a long time, and the poor birds could not resist the biting cold wind. It was so cold that it lost all its feathers, was naked, and looked like a newly hatched chicken. At this time, it never dared to fly out of the Woods again, so it had to curl up in a crack in the stone, shivering with cold and singing, "It's really cold in winter, and it's going to nest tomorrow!" " "The cold night finally passed, and the sun showed a warm smile. At this time, it had already forgotten last night's resolution and sang happily: "It's really warm today, so there is no need to make a nest. Muddle along! " In this way, the bird has never built a nest, and it still hides in the crevices for the winter every day. But it failed to withstand the biting cold and finally froze to death on a cold winter night. Later, people called this bird Hao Han Bird, and its sound evolved into the idiom "muddling along", which is used to describe those people who just muddle along without long-term plans or progress.