出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第6页(205字)
形容事物败坏到不可救药的地步,例如果当初一有问题时立刻提出来解决,就不至于演变成今天这般不可收拾的地步。
When problems first appeared they should have been tackled and not left to get out of hand like today.