Peasant/Roast Duck Idiom question

[scrabster]

Does anyone know the Chinese for this idiom? "A peasant must stand a long time on a hillside with his mouth open before a roast duck flies in." I can only trace it back to Paul Theroux's Riding the Iron Rooster. I would like to know if it is genuine, and if it old, or just something someone made up recently. Any help would be appreciated.

[digchinese.com]

That sounds very similar to shou zhu dai tu

[scrabster]

I could be the equivalent. Then again the peasant/roast duck saying could just be a comment on the hard life of the peasant.

[leeyah]

I would like to know if it is genuine, and if it old, or just something someone made up recently.

All sorts of creatures in ancient Chinese sayings, but AFAIK no ancient proverb talking of flying roast ducks. So, yes, it could be something the author heard during his tour of China, from a local philosopher, or perhaps even a witty interpreter, or perhaps he was already familiar with the lazy farmer, stupid bunny chengyu, but he just felt it wasn't exotic enough for his readers, so he decides to 'spice up' his book with a liberal interpretation of the ancient 守株待兔 ...

[scrabster]

Right leeyah, it could be a recent invention by a local wit (and it is very witty).