看菜吃饭,量体裁衣 [ kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī ]
基本释义
比喻根据具体情况处理问题,办理事情。量(liàng)。
出 处
〖出处〗毛泽东《反对党八股》:“‘看菜吃饭,量体裁衣。’我们无论做什么事都要看情形办事。”
英文翻译
eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure; to live within one's means; to act according to actual circumstances