| 釋義 |
剜wān? （挖） scoop out; cut out; gouge out; carve out: ～ 下一塊肉 carve out a piece of meat; 把梨爛的地方 ～ 掉。 Scoop out the rotten part of the pear. 在中世紀， 懲罰犯人最常用的辦法是 ～ 眼睛。 In the Middle Ages, a favourite punishment was to gouge out prisoner's eyes.
◆剜肉補瘡 cut off one's flesh to cure a boil — a makeshift to tide over a present difficulty; cut off some flesh to patch up an ulcer — silly work; cut out a piece of one's flesh to cure a boil; cut out good flesh to heal a sore; cut out some flesh for patching up a wound; resort to a remedy worse than the ailment; resort to a stopgap measure detrimental to long-term interests; rob one's belly to cover one's back; rob Peter to pay Paul; sacrifice one's interest for the advancement of another; sinking [throwing] good money after bad |