眼がん高こう手しゅ低てい

noun

high standards but low ability; critical eye but no creative skill

Yojijukugo describing someone whose critical standards or ideals are high, but whose own practical ability is lacking. Often used in literary or intellectual contexts.

• 彼かれは眼がん高こう手しゅ低ていで、人ひとの作さく品ひんには厳きびしいが自じ分ぶんでは何なにも作つくれない。

  He has high standards but low ability; he is strict about others' work but cannot create anything himself.