汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 削足适履
削足适履 (削足適履)
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution
适 adapt / 履 shoe / Because the shoes are small and large, cut off the feet to make up the size of the shoes / An unreasonable metaphor is to improvise or ignore specific conditions and make mechanical methods
削去脚的一部分使适合鞋子的尺码。比喻不合理地迁就原有条件或不顾具体情况的生搬硬套学习外地经验必须结合本地区的实际情况,切不可削足适履|如果我们一模一样地抄了来用,那是削足适履。
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