For something tall, we are often frightened by its shape first, and few people think carefully about whether it is really as powerful as it looks. So, we lost from the beginning.
Lincoln's father decided that the stone buried one foot deep in the soil was a mountain, but he didn't dare to try to move it because of the low price of the farm. Sima Yi was frightened by Zhuge Liang's empty plan. He watched from a distance and dared not go into the city to fight. Finally, he left the "empty city". People who dare not try, flinch when they see seemingly powerful objects.