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rob Peter to pay Paul
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
本来必要な資源や利益を、他の目的（しばしば問題解決のため）に流用するが、その結果、根本的な問題は解決されず、むしろ別の問題を引き起こす行為。 / 一方の問題を解決するために他方の資源を不適切に手放すことで、全体としては改善が見られない、または他の問題が生じる状態を指す。
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(idiomatic) To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.
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rob Peter to pay Paul
If management continues to rob Peter to pay Paul by shifting budgets between departments, long-term projects will suffer.
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If management continues to rob Peter to pay Paul by shifting budgets between departments, long-term projects will suffer.
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