| 短语 | rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 释义 | rob Peter to pay Paul to take money away from someone or something that needs it in order to pay someone else or use it for something else拆东墙补西墙; 剜肉补疮:•Taking money out of the hospital's budget for this is simply robbing Peter to pay Paul.从医院的预算里拿钱用到这里，简直是在剜肉补疮。 rob Peter to pay Paul take something away from one person to pay another, leaving the former at a disadvantage; discharge one debt only to incur another 借钱还债; 剜肉补疮; 拆东墙补西墙。 [ORIGIN: probably with reference to the saints and apostles Peter and Paul; the allusion is uncertain, the phrase often showing variations such as 'unclothe Peter and clothe Paul', 'borrow from Peter ...', etc.] rob ˌPeter to pay ˈPaul(saying)to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for sth else借新债还旧账；拆东墙补西墙 |
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