Hanbridge Mandarin Daily Chinese Course - Chinese Idiom 打肿脸充胖子

 

打肿脸充胖子

dǎ zhǒnɡ liǎn chōnɡ pànɡ zi

Slap one's face until it's swollen in an effort to look imposing.

For example:

与其打肿脸充胖子，不如想想2016年底你能完成些什么。

yǔ qí dǎ zhǒnɡ liǎn chōnɡ pànɡ zi ， bù rú xiǎnɡ xiǎnɡ  nián dǐ nǐ nénɡ wán chénɡ xiē shén me 。

Instead of biting off more than you can chew, figure out what you can reasonably accomplish by the end of 2016.