Building

A rich man askedan architect to build a three-story house for him.

有一个富人让一位建筑师为他建造一个三层楼的房子。

When the firststory was finished, the rich man said to the architect: "I want only thethird story; not the first and second stories."

当第一层建造好的时候，富人对建筑师说：“我只想要第三层楼，不要第一、第二层。”

The architectasked, "But without the first and second stories, how can I build the thirdstory?"

建筑师说：“但没有第一、第二层，何来第三层呢？”

Shaking his head,he packed up his things, and left.

建筑师于是就摇了摇头，收拾东西离开了。

This idiomindicates an unrealistic or impractical planor theory.

这个成语现在比喻不现实或者不可行的计划或者理论等。