cannot do a thing; one’s calculations fail halfway ? 他那顆心又僵硬了似的～。(茅盾《子夜》493) His mind was numb. ? 周瑜雖能用計(jì)，豈能出諸葛亮之料乎！略用小謀，使周瑜半籌不展； …… (《三國(guó)演義》464) Let Zhou Yu employ all his ruses; do you think he can get beyond me? Let me act for you and his calculations will always fail halfway…