the meshes of the net are so large that a whale could slip through

the meshes of the net are so large that a whale could slip through

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ǎ NGL ò ut ūō u, which means that a big fish swallowing a boat is missing from the net; it means that the law is too wide, so that a major criminal can also escape the net. It comes from the preface of biographies of cruel officials in historical records.

Idiom explanation

Net: fishing net, compared with legal net; Swallow boat: Swallow boat big fish, compared with big traitor.

The origin of Idioms

The preface to the biographies of cruel officials in historical records: "the net leaks in the fish that swallows the boat, but the official administration is too strict to be treacherous. Ai'an, the Li people."

Idiom usage

Serial verb; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning. Today, the outside world is the net, while the inside world is the peach and the Li Dynasty. In Ming Dynasty, Liu Ruoyu's preface to zuozhongzhi and Tang Dynasty, Li Bai's preface to Tianchang Jiedushi's stele of Duke Wei's virtue and politics in Ezhou: "today, the net fails to swallow the boat, and Hu Yi rises from the hub." if the net fails to swallow the boat, it shows the magnanimity of peace; if the cloud prospers the skin inch, it will make the common things wither. "He Xie Shu Mi Qi" by Lu You in Song Dynasty