泥菩萨过江

⒈  迷信认为菩萨能解救苦难，可是泥塑的泥菩萨在水中会被浸坏。喻指连自己都保护不了，更顾不上救别人了。又作“泥菩萨落水”

英like a clay idol fording a river—hardly able to save oneself(let alone anyone else);