削足适履的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
cut/foot/fit/shoe
to cut the feet to fit the shoes

[解释]
不合理的迁就、凑合或不顾具体条件而固执地采用相同的办法。

[Explanation]
to act mechanically regardless of actual conditions

[例子]
光注重以前的经验而不考察实际情况，你提出的主张是削足适履。

[Example]
Only emphasizing past experience without investigating the real situation, your proposition is to cut the feet to fit the shoes.

[英文等价词]
to act in a procrustean way

参考例句：
  • We mustn't cut the feet to fit the shoes.
    我们不能削足适履。
  • Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
    莫为灭鼠而焚屋;勿小题大作;不要削足适履

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