拿起鸡毛当令箭
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to treat a trivial remark as a binding order and throw one's weight around
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Idiom惯用语 · In everyday use
- Literally
- pick up a chicken feather as a command arrow
- Meaning
- A variant of 拿了鸡毛当令箭: to treat a trivial remark as a binding order and throw one's weight around. Critical.
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