跑不出如来佛的掌心
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to be unable to escape a more powerful person's control
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Idiom惯用语 · Widely known
- Literally
- can't run out of the Buddha's palm
- Meaning
- Cannot escape the control of a more powerful person. An allusion to Journey to the West, where the Monkey King fails to leave the Buddha's hand.
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