The original meaning of this idiom is to cover your ears and steal other people's bells, and then it means to deceive yourself. What you can't cover up clearly must be covered up in some way.

Its structure is continuous, and it is usually used as predicate, attribute and adverbial in sentences. Stealing the bell from one's ear is an idiom in China, which comes from Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals and Self-knowledge. Lv Buwei in the Warring States Period.

Idiom implication

This idiom tells people that anything that wants to exist objectively will not change with people's subjective will, just like the sound of a clock. As long as people touch it, it will make a sound whether they cover their ears or not. In reality, there are also some people who don't face up to and study the objective reality and adopt a closed-door attitude, thinking that it won't exist. This is an extreme subjective idealism-solipsism, just like "stealing the clock". If we don't face up to and study the objective reality and adopt a closed-door attitude, the result can only be miserable.