act a procrustean manner

act a procrustean manner

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Yu è zh ǐ sh ì J ù, which means that it is unreasonable to make do with or copy mechanically regardless of specific conditions. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the book of Wei, the record of Emperor Ming.

Idiom usage

I don't know how to adapt

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym for "walking in the shoes"

The origin of Idioms

Pei Songzhi quoted Wei Lue in the book of Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu and Ming Di Ji, which said: "it's better to cut off the toes, cut the muscles and hurt the bones, but it's better to say that it's possible."

Idiom explanation

Because the shoes are small and the feet are big, we cut off the feet to make up the size of the shoes. It is used to describe unreasonably trying to make do with or copying mechanically regardless of specific conditions.