"You swan, he frog", abbreviated as "U swan, he frog", also "You pretty, he ugly, u swan, he frog", is a comfortingChinglishphrase popularized on social media.[1] This phrase is a take on a Chineseallegory, “a toad wants to eat the meat of a swan” (simplified Chinese: 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉; traditional Chinese: 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉), which describes the pursuit of something that one is unworthy of.[2] This phrase stems from a comment from a post on 7 August 2024 by a foreign blogger on Xiaohongshu that later spread to social media platform X.[2] The metaphor of the swan and the frog has also gone viral, with a variety of memesjuxtaposing celebrities or cartoon characters deemed unsuited for each other and designating them as either swans or frogs.[2]
