expression
poor thinking is as good as sleeping
Proverb meaning that half-hearted or bad ideas are no better than doing nothing; often used to criticize unproductive deliberation. Variant of 下手の考え休むに似たり.
See also: 下手の考え休むに似たり
会議で何時間も話し合っても結論が出ないなら、下手な考え休むに似たりだ。
If we talk for hours in a meeting without reaching a conclusion, it's a case of poor thinking being as good as sleeping.
More common variant with の instead of な; same meaning.
A Japanese proverb; the exact origin is uncertain.