death by a thousand paper cuts

短语

别名

death by a thousand papercuts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ultimate negative outcome, such as the failure of a project, brought about by an excessive number of bureaucratic hurdles.

    习语

词源

Blend of death by a thousand cuts + paper cut. The "thousand cuts" of the original phrase are now inflicted by paper, a metonym for bureaucracy.

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