penny in the fusebox

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An improvised repair made with no regard for safety.

    习语 工程

    The fix I made was just a penny in the fusebox; we need to revisit it and fix the problem for real.

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see penny, in, the, fusebox.

词源

By metaphorical extension from the literal sense, a makeshift to close a circuit when no replacement fuse is at hand; unsafe, inadvisable, and disdained by others in any circumstance except a rare one like wartime heroism.

来源：wiktionary