Cut your toes to fit your shoes(jié zhǐ shì lǚ)

use impractical means to solve a problem

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji é zh ǐ sh ì L ǚ, which means big feet and small shoes. Cut off the toes to adapt to the size of the shoes. It is a metaphor for making do with or accommodating without principle. It's from the supplement to & lt; examples of doubtful meanings in ancient books.

Analysis of Idioms

Cut your feet to fit your shoes

The origin of Idioms

Liu Shipei's supplement to the & lt; doubtful examples of ancient books & gt;: "if you try to solve it, you will see that it is just like amputating one's toes to fit one's ears."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive. It is used as metaphor to describe the reluctant or unprincipled accommodation.

Chinese PinYin : jié zhǐ shì lǚ