走马观花

走马观[看]花 [zǒu mǎ guān huā]

1. ■ look at the flowers while passing on horseback -- to glance over things hurriedly; cast only a passing glance at; gain a superficial understanding through cursory observation; give a hurried and cursory glance at; give a hurried glance at; look at flowers while riding on horseback; look at the flowers while on horseback; skim the surface; snatch a transient glance of a landscape; take a brief look at; view the flowers from [on] horseback -- to make only a superficial understanding possible