in the spring and autumn period, a farmer in the state of song was one day working in the fields when he saw a rab*t bump into a tree stump1（树桩） accidentally and break its neck. the farmer took the rab*t home, and cooked himself a delicious meal. that night he thought, 'i needn't work so hard. all i have to do is wait for a rab*t each day by the stump.' so from then on he gave up farming, and simply sat by the stump waiting for rab*ts to come and run into it.
this idiom satirizes2（讽刺，挖苦） those who just wait for a stroke of luck, rather than * efforts to obtain what they need.
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