Two-part allegorical saying: Lost watermelon and picked up sesame seeds-penny wise and pound foolish. Pick up sesame seeds and throw watermelons, catch small and throw big; Pay attention to the secondary and ignore the main. It is a metaphor for doing things because of small losses, not worth the loss, and finally losing yourself. Two-part allegorical saying: The story of the little monkey was lucky one day and found many things. It's a pity that it lost everything it picked up. For the last time, the little monkey gave up the watermelon he picked last time in order to pick up a sesame seed.
As a result, he came home, and there was only one sesame in the little monkey's hand. After all, stories are stories. I believe that even a little monkey will not be as stupid as the story says. However, around us, "picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon" still happens frequently. Picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon, the second sentence is: not worth the loss.
More two-part allegorical sayings about watermelon:
0 1, sitting on an egg-a mess.
02. Watermelon fell into the oil tank-big slippery egg.
03. It's difficult to save grass and tie watermelon.
04. Pick your teeth and eat watermelon-there are many ways.
05, eat watermelon in June-pick the ripe end.
06, teeth eat watermelon-a line of clothes.
07. Watermelon in the blue pocket-cleaned in one breath.
08, eat watermelon and drink cold water-cool heart.
09, holding a rotten watermelon on a hot day-I want to throw it away.
10, melon in watermelon field-variety.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Lost Sesame and Picked up Watermelon