What do you mean, you can't ride a donkey to find a horse?

You can't ride a donkey to find a horse, which means you can't occupy your present position and look for something better at the same time. By searching Wikipedia, we know that you can't ride a donkey to find a horse, which means you can't occupy your present position and find a better one at the same time. It can also be described as, stick to it until you find the goal, use it when you can, and replace the existing one when you find it. This idiom comes from Guang Chuan: "When people grow up, they ride donkeys to find horses." It turns out that although Li Guang is already a general, he still wants to seek a higher position. Later, it was extended to a general metaphorical meaning. Riding a donkey to find a horse is sometimes mistaken for riding a donkey, which is not correct. Riding a horse to find a donkey has no specific meaning. It may be a sarcastic or teasing statement, which means giving up the good for the poor. So you can't ride a donkey to find a horse, which means you can't occupy your present position and look for something better at the same time.