The full text is "Either the donkey does not go or the mill does not go, the donkey pulls the mill around, the reins are broken, the reins are connected, the donkey is letting people run away, the donkey back to the mill to turn the mill umbilical cord is broken, fix the umbilical cord and plug the eye of the mill". Often used to describe a person's work is very unsuccessful, around and around the effort to pull is not out of work. There is also a phrase "Either the donkey does not go or the mill does not go, the donkey also goes, the mill also turns, the light out of the bran does not come out of the face."

In the old days, there were only a limited number of people with stone mills in a village, and not many people with livestock. Those who didn't have a mill had to beg others to use it when their mill was free; those who didn't have livestock either had to borrow animals from others or push the mill stick with their own manpower.

Donkey sayings

1, unloading the small mill to kill the donkey to eat.

2, ox head, horse tail donkey center.

3, others lead the donkey you pull a peg

4, riding a donkey in search of a donkey.

5. Hunchbacked ox, bow-waisted donkey.

6. There is no horse on the groove and the donkey tops the count.

7. It is harder to recognize a man without a tail than a donkey.

8. A donkey can't clear up a cloudy day.

9. The donkey is blamed for the material being eaten by the horse.