leadership rendered ineffectual by recalcitrant subordinates

leadership rendered ineffectual by recalcitrant subordinates

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à ID à B à di à o, drop: swing, means that the tail is too big, turn ineffective, the old metaphor subordinate power is very big, unable to command and dispatch; now metaphor organization is huge, command ineffective. From Zuo Zhuan, the eleventh year of Zhaogong.

Idiom explanation

The finger tail is too big to turn around. In the old times, it means that the subordinates are too powerful to command and dispatch. Now it means that the organization is too large to command.

The origin of Idioms

"The eleventh year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan:" the last great will be broken, the last great will not fall, as you know. "

Idiom usage

Grammar is used as predicate and attributive; it is difficult to control