把中文 揠苗助长 译成英文

to pull up the seedlings in order to help them grow faster

或者 to do harm to a thing by being over-enthusiastic (about it)

故事：

Giving the seeding a hand

A man of the state of Song was worried about his seedlings growing too slowly. He pulled up the seedlings one by one and came home exhausted.
"I am tired out today. I helped the seedlings to grow," He said to his family.
His son hurried to the fields to have a look and found that all the seedlings had shrivelled up.