To overestimate one's own strength and attempt to stop an overwhelmingly powerful force; to make a futile attempt against something much stronger.
他竟然想凭一己之力改变公司的百年传统，这简直是螳臂当辕。
He actually thought he could change the company's century-old traditions by himself; this is simply like a praying mantis trying to stop a cart.
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