sit back and allow the situation to deteriorate

sit back and allow the situation to deteriorate

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī nx ú nzu ù w ù, which means that things are delayed because the situation has changed. It's from the flowers of the evil sea.

Notes on Idioms

Cause and effect: delay and procrastination; Miss: miss.

The origin of Idioms

Mao Zedong's "struggle for the victory of the Anti Japanese war by mobilizing all forces": "otherwise, you will be responsible for your mistakes; the whole country will die, and there will be no time to repent."

Idiom usage

To make a mistake.

Examples

Chapter 24 of Zeng Pu's the flowers of the evil sea in the Qing Dynasty: "Uncle Wei is still in a dream, waiting for the news of the mediation of the British and Russian envoys! It's no wonder that the famous Imperial censor Han Yigao had a date with the whole Taiwan and held a meeting at songyun nunnery outside Xuanwu Gate to propose impeachment! "