削足適履
simp削足适履soek3 zuk1 sik1 lei5xuē zú shì lǚ
English
- to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
- impractical or inelegant solution
- to force an impractical solution to a problem; literally: to slice off the foot in order to fit inside a shoe
粵語 — Cantonese
- 削細隻腳嚟到迎合鞋嘅尺寸,比喻勉強套用
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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk