smash one 's iron pots and pans into pieces and sell them as scrapped iron(zá guō mài tiě)

smash one 's iron pots and pans into pieces and sell them as scrapped iron

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z á ɡ u ō m à ITI ě, which means to pour out everything you have. It's from the family of Pu Liu.

Idiom explanation

Smash the pot to sell scrap iron. It means to be extremely boring, leaving no way out. It's also like taking out all that you need.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Shaotang's "Pu Liu Jia Ren" 8: "the old man really thinks that his daughter-in-law is happy. She runs all over the streets to tell her relatives and friends that if she only wants to hold her grandson, even if she smashes the pot and sells the iron, she also wants to invite them to have a beautiful wedding wine."

Idiom usage

Serial verb; predicate, object; derogatory.

I'll pay you even if I owe you.

Chinese PinYin : zá guō mài tiě