a makeshift to tide over a present difficulty

a makeshift to tide over a present difficulty

Gouge out the flesh to mend the sores, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ā NR ò UB ǔ Chu ā ng, which means to dig out the good flesh to mend the wound; it refers to only looking at the present, using harmful methods to save the emergency. From "Ode to Tian Jia".

Notes on Idioms

To dig out with a knife.

The origin of Idioms

Nie Yizhong's poem "Ode to Tian family" in Tang Dynasty: "sell new silk in February, sell new Valley in May; cure sore in front of eyes, gouge out heart flesh."

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; refers to the use of harmful methods to rescue.

Examples

That only with the method of gouging out the flesh to mend the sores, desperately sell cheap goods, and earn a few money to pass before the eyes. Lin's shop by Mao Dun