头痛医头，脚痛医脚
书籍：汉英成语词典
更新时间：2018-12-03 20:56:27
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49页（486字）
①比喻不从根本解决问题，治标不治本，例把犯罪的少年关起来只是头痛医头，脚痛医脚，无法根本解决青少年犯罪的严重问题。
To imprison young people who commit crimes is but a palliative measure．It does not explain or solve why the young take to crime．
②缺乏通盘计划，只是就事论事，忙于应付，例解决都市的环境保护问题，要有通盘计划，逐步实行，不能头痛医头，脚痛医脚。
Stopgap measures do not solve the environmental problems of a city．An overall programme must be drawn up which can be implemented step by step．