赶鸭子上架

趕鴨子上架
gǎnyāzishàngjià
  1. lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
  2. fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, colloquial) to make someone do something entirely beyond them
  2. to make someone do something entirely beyond them

Wiktionary

（谚语）比喻勉强别人做能力不及的事。也作「赶着鸭子上架」。

重編國語辭典

勉强别人做能力不及的事

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 赶 gǎn
  1. to overtake; to catch up with
  2. to hurry; to rush
  3. to try to catch (the bus etc)
  4. to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away
  5. to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
  6. until; by (a certain time)
2 鸭子 yāzi
  1. duck
  2. male prostitute (slang)
3 上架 shàngjià
  1. to put goods on shelves
  2. (of a product) to be available for sale