idiom > (literally) to hold the sword at the wrong end--to relegate one's power to a subordinate unwisely and suffer the consequences thereof
Tea upside
Explanation: Tea: sword name. Inverted sword, the hilt to others. Used to describe the power to others, I myself suffer. Usage: Verb-object type; for the predicate; analogy lightly believe others Source: Han Ban Gu "Han Mei Fu Chuan": "is not true to the Qin Zhang defamatory useless get rid of that Han, upside Tea, Professor Chu the handle." Examples: Ji said the second son to love people, drop-lost their lives disaster. The so-called ~, invited heavy criticism. (Music History Song "green bead Biography")
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Hold down the sword, Jiang Jian put to others. Metaphor lightly delegate authority, become victims of their own.
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Also as "holding back too A"
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