驴唇不对马嘴

驴唇不对马嘴 [lǘ chún bú duì mǎ zuǐ]

1. ■ irrelevant answer; a donkey's lips can not fit into a horse's mouth; an answer that is beside the point; donkey's lips don't match horses' jaws -- incongruous; His answers are not pertinent to the question asked.:

这个比方有点驴唇不对马嘴。 The analogy is rather farfetched.

约翰试图回答教师的问题, 但他所说的却是驴唇不对马嘴。 John tried to answer the teacher's question, but he was way out in the left field.