各打五十大板
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lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)
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fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike
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to put the blame on both parties
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Idiom惯用语 · In everyday use
- Literally
- each gets fifty strokes of the big paddle
- Meaning
- Punishing or blaming both sides equally without deciding who is right. It is usually mildly critical, of a lazy or evasive judgement.
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