rob peter to pay paul

释义

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   借新债还旧账；拆东墙补西墙

   to borrow money from one person to pay back what you owe to another person; to take money from one thing to use for sth else

   It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul.Fargo1996
• It s just robbing Peter to pay PaulThe World's End2013

在完整场景里学

• 冰血暴1996
  • 酒吧里谈绑架交易：rob Peter to pay Paul（拆东墙补西墙）
  • 谈绑架又向老丈人借钱：a heck of a lot（一大堆）
  • 强推涂层被骂骗子：talk in circles（绕圈子）

谚语频道里接下来

• the pot calling the kettle black
• there's safety in numbers
• the more the merrier
• a penny for your thoughts
• two wrongs don't make a right
• boys will be boys
• make hay while the sun shines
• no time like the present
• the exception that proves the rule
• the writing is on the wall
• money talks
• any port in a storm