拼音:tóu tòng yī tóu,jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo
注音:ㄊㄡˊㄊㄨㄥˋㄧㄊㄨㄥˋㄧㄐㄧㄠˇ
解释:比喻被动应付,对问题不作根本彻底的解决。
出处:宋·朱熹《朱子语类》卷一百一十四:“今学者亦多来求病根,某向他说头痛灸头,脚痛灸脚,病在这上,只治这上便了,更别求甚病根也。”
英语:take stop-gap measures;adopt sporadic and piecemeal steps as the physician who treats the head when the head aches,and treat the foot