Lingaku- lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
- fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
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- to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone is discarded or eliminated after they have fulfilled their usefulness. It often implies a lack of loyalty or gratitude towards that person.
After he completed the task, the boss fired him.
This team always abandons members after completing projects.
Generated collocations (experimental)
tù sǐ gǒu pēng兔死狗烹to get rid of someone once they have served their purposeshā杀tù兔gǒu狗to eliminate someone after they have completed a taskquǎn犬wáng亡zé则qì弃to abandon a dog once it is no longer usefulshā jī jǐng hóu杀鸡儆猴to punish someone as a warning to othersqì zhī rú bì xǐ弃之如敝屣to discard something as uselessyī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳once bitten by a snake, a person is afraid of a rope for ten years (to be cautious after a bad experience)yòng wán用完jí即qì弃use it and dispose of itbù zài不再xū yào需要jiù就pāo qì抛弃to discard once no longer neededchéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú成事不足，败事有余more harm than goodfàng qì放弃jí即diū丢to abandon once discardedwù jìn qí yòng物尽其用to make full use of resources