【望风捕影】〖wàng fng b yng〗[gaze at the wind and seize the shadow; be taken in by rumours; be on the wrong track]

望尘追迹究缘因，

风化成习信传闻。

捕雀掩目无依据，

影从枝附假如真。

比喻说话做事根据不可靠的传闻或表面现象。Metaphor for talking and doing things according to unreliable hearsay or superficial phenomena.同：捕风捉影。