to rob peter to pay paul

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von to rob peter to pay paul im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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rob Peter to pay Paul

birine olan borcu ödemek için başkasının hakkını yemek

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von to rob peter to pay paul im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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rob Peter to pay Paul

To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain

OMB decided that a large part of the money would come from other health programs for poor women and children. That penny-pinching tactic sparked an outcry. . . . Senator Christopher Bond of Missouri denounced the plan as pitting one city's babies against another city's babies. Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, who chairs the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality, said it amounted to robbing Peter to pay Paul..

Silbentrennung

to rob pe·ter to pay Paul

Türkische aussprache

tı räb pitır tı pey pôl

Aussprache

/tə ˈräb ˈpētər tə ˈpā ˈpôl/ /tə ˈrɑːb ˈpiːtɜr tə ˈpeɪ ˈpɔːl/