八字还没一撇
bā zì hai méi yī piě
基本释义
  1. 比喻事情毫无眉目，未见端倪。
出处
《通俗常言疏证》
英文翻译
  1. lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八
  2. no sign of success yet
  3. things have not even begun to take shape