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
a makeshift to tide over a present difficulty
keep clear of the enemy 's main force and strike at his weak points - bì shí jiù xū
Face to face Gong, face to face drum - dāng miàn luó,duì miàn gǔ
Take the big as the evil and the small as the evil - yǐ dà wù xì