“抛砖引玉”,汉语成语,字面意思是“throw away a brick in order to get a gem”,用来比方用自己不成熟的定见引出他人更好的定见(offer a few commonplace remarks by way of introduction in the hope that others may come up with valuable opinions),是一种表明自谦的说法(a polite expression)。
例句:
我来说几句,算是抛砖引玉吧。
Let me say a few words, just to set the ball rolling.
这篇文章旨在抛砖引玉,引起我们对该问题的进一步评论。
This article intends to start further discussion on this issue.