挖肉補瘡
simp挖肉补疮waat3 juk6 bou2 cong1wā ròu bǔ chuāng
English
- to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
- using harmful methods to solve problems
粵語 — Cantonese
- 只顧眼前，不惜用有害方法急救
Examples
佢為咗還債，竟然賣咗自己嘅車，簡直係挖肉補瘡。
He even sold his car to repay his debts. It's literally cutting flesh to heal a wound.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk