眉毛胡子一把抓
méi​mao​hú​zi​yī​bǎ​zhuā

to fail to prioritize

  • created sense approved 眉毛胡子一把抓/眉毛鬍子一把抓 · méi​mao​hú​zi​yī​bǎ​zhuā · to fail to prioritize — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眉毛胡子一把抓 / 眉毛鬍子一把抓

    méi​mao​hú​zi​yī​bǎ​zhuā

    to fail to prioritize

    To handle big and small matters all at once without distinguishing between primary and secondary importance

    méi​máo​hú​zi​yì​bǎ​zhuā

    眉毛 (literal) → 眉毛 · méi​mao · eyebrow 胡子 (literal) → 胡子/鬍子 · hú​zi · beard 一把 (literal) → 一把 · yī​bǎ · a handful 抓 (literal) → 抓 · zhuā · to grab

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 眉毛胡子一把抓/眉毛鬍子一把抓 · méi​mao​hú​zi​yī​bǎ​zhuā · to conflate issues — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眉毛胡子一把抓 / 眉毛鬍子一把抓

    méi​mao​hú​zi​yī​bǎ​zhuā

    to conflate issues

    To lump different things together indiscriminately or fail to distinguish between separate matters

    méi​máo​hú​zi​yì​bǎ​zhuā

    眉毛 (literal) → 眉毛 · méi​mao · eyebrow 胡子 (literal) → 胡子/鬍子 · hú​zi · beard 一把 (literal) → 一把 · yī​bǎ · a handful 抓 (literal) → 抓 · zhuā · to grab

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense