词语

泥菩萨用泥做的供人供奉的神像。英Clay idol;

泥菩萨过江迷信认为菩萨能解救苦难可是泥塑的泥菩萨在水中会被浸坏。喻指连自己都保护不了更顾不上救别人了。又作“泥菩萨落水”英like a clay idol fording a river—hardly able to save oneself(let alone anyone else);