One can never build a house by consulting every passerby.To consult passers-by as to how one's house is to be built is to have the house remain unbuilt for three years.
Related Translations:
筑室道谋: ask for guidance from those who pass by -- have no opinions of one's own; ask anyone who happens to pass by; ask every passerby how to build one's house; have no idea or plan of one's own
筑室道谋三年不成: one can never build a house by consulting every passerby
