螳臂当车 -- In terms of humankind trying to stop runaway climate change, is this a noteworthy idiom to learn and remember? Are we humans the mantis and global warming is the chariot we cannot stop?

There is a Chinese-language idiom ...''Tang/Bi/Dang/Cher''

''TÁNG  BÌ  DĀNG  CHĒ'' [螳臂当车]

which means ''a mantis trying to stop a chariot''. It means to attempt the impossible!


 TÁNG = praying mantis
BÌ = arm
...

DĀNG = to be
CHĒ = car, or chariot/cart

In terms of humankind trying to stop runaway climate change, is this a noteworthy idiom to learn and remember? Are we humans the mantis and global warming is the chariot we cannot stop?