汉英词典
MEANING OF 尾大不掉
尾大不掉
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
掉 shake / The tail is too big to turn around / In the old days, it was a metaphor for the power of the subordinates to be so great that they could not command and dispatch / The metaphor is that the organization is huge and the command is not effective
《左传·昭公十一年》末大必折,尾大不掉,君所知也。”比喻部属势力大,难以驾驭指挥。
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