manoeuvring the apostles

obsolete The act of borrowing or taking money from one person or source to fund or repay the debt of another. A variant of "robbing Peter to pay Paul," which means the same. Primarily heard in UK. Mr. Hardy's law firm has fallen into arrears of late, and he's taken to manoeuvering the apostles just to keep the business afloat. Never pay a debt by taking on more debt—that's just manoeuvering the apostles, and it never works for long.

词组	manoeuvring the apostles
释义	manoeuvring the apostles manoeuvring the apostles obsolete The act of borrowing or taking money from one person or source to fund or repay the debt of another. A variant of "robbing Peter to pay Paul," which means the same. Primarily heard in UK. Mr. Hardy's law firm has fallen into arrears of late, and he's taken to manoeuvering the apostles just to keep the business afloat. Never pay a debt by taking on more debt—that's just manoeuvering the apostles, and it never works for long. See also: apostle, manoeuvre Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: take the Michael (out of someone or something) take the mike (out of someone or something) a force to reckon with (there's) no peace for the weary (there's) no rest for the weary beeyotch beeyotches beotch beyotches biatch
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