idiom > stop the boiling by taking out the fire; (fig) take drastic measures to stop sth.
Pumping Pay only boiling
Explanation: Without the bottom of the pot is burning under the firewood, so that no boiling pot of water. Analogy from the root of the problem Usage: -Linked; for the predicate; metaphor of a fundamental solution to the problem Source: Qi Wei revenue "for the rebel Hou Jing Liang Zhaowen shift": "bay for just boiling, lawn dig up the roots." Examples: ~, Grass dig up the roots. (Qi Wei revenue "for the sub-shift Liangzhao Wen Hou Jing")
chōu xīn zhǐ fèi
Firewood removing bottom of the pot to stop boiling pot soup liquid spill. Metaphor of a fundamental solution to the problem
Translated by Google
Burning of firewood for removing only the water boiling pot
Removing only the burning of firewood for boiling pot of water. Analogy from the root of the problem. Qi Wei income "as the rebels moved Hou Jing Liang Zhaowen": "bay for just boiling, grass root out."
n.: stop the boiling by taking out the fire; (fig) take drastic measures to stop sth.
v.: (literally) to stop the boiling by taking out the fire--to stop or prevent trouble by removing the cause
Thesaurus
Every dark light, Juedufengzhou, To provide liberal relief to the masses crowd, help the oppressed and oppress the oppressor, be generous in aiding needy people, take a drastic measure to deal with a situation, deracinate calamity, From a sense of justice Shucai
Antonym
Article, such as life, be very stingy and unwilling to give a hair, skin a flint, Do not pull a hair, gain an advantage over something through his in attention, Take advantage of a loophole Infiltration, send sb. off with a flea in his ear, Swoop