Rob Peter To Pay Paul
Sometimes he was moving money from one account to another, robbing Peter to pay Paul.
有的时候他把钱从一个账户转到另一个账户,拆东墙补西墙。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》Taking money from your company would be like taking from Peter to pay Paul.
从你的公司拿钱是拆东墙补西墙。
—— 给力词典精选Last week we called this a Congressional comb-over.
上周我们曾戏称国会此举无异于拆东墙补西墙。
—— 给力词典精选Since Greece would pay interest on all of its borrowings, but could use only part of them, its cash interest rate over 30 years would be about 10-11%.
由于希腊常常拆东墙补西墙,用借款来偿付到期利息,但是曾经可以花掉部分借款,希腊30年远期现金利率的30年将达到10 - 11%。
—— 给力词典精选Some of these investors have now been forced to pull out of Brazil to cover obligations elsewhere.
现在一些投资人被迫撤出巴西,拆东墙补西墙,以满足在其他地方出现的亏空。
—— 给力词典精选