借东补西 meaning in English
borrow from one to pay another; cut out one piece to mend another; make up a deficiency by getting funds from elsewhere; pay one debt by making another; rob one's belly to cover one's back; rob peter to pay paul; take from one person [thing] to pay another
Examples
- Bill owed sam a dollar , so he borrowed another from joe to pay sam back , he robbed peter to pay paul
比尔欠萨姆一美元，因此他从乔那里借了一美元还给了萨姆，借东补西。