比喻缓不济急。《韩非子・说林上》:“失火而取水于海,海水虽多,火必不灭矣,远水不救近火也。”亦作“远水不解近渴”、“远水难救近火”、“远水救不得近渴”、“远水救不了近火”。
英语 distant water will not quench a fire near-Bible(a slow remedy cannot meet an urgency)