ants climbing a tree
English
Etymology
A calque of the Chinese 螞蟻上樹; the bits of ground meat clinging to the noodles evoke an image of ants walking on twigs.
Noun
ants climbing a tree (uncountable)
- A Sichuan dish of ground meat cooked in a sauce and poured over cellophane noodles.
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see ants, climbing, a, tree.