- to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
Generated: This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone tries to solve a problem in a way that ends up making the situation worse, typically by applying a superficial or temporary solution without addressing the underlying issue.
tā他cǎi qǔ采取le了cuò wù错误de的cuò shī措施,jiē guǒ结果dǎo zhì导致qíng kuàng情况gèng jiā更加è huà恶化,zhēn shi真是wā ròu bǔ chuāng挖肉补疮。
He took the wrong measures, which resulted in the situation worsening; it was truly cutting flesh to cover a sore.