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词组 all chiefs and no Indians; too many chiefs and not enough Indians
释义 all chiefs and no Indians; too many chiefs and not enough Indians

a situation in which too many people are giving orders and too few are available to obey; a top-heavy command structure US
Military coinage, meaning all officers not other ranks. Senator William Proxmire was quoted in the New York Times as saying that the US was “nearing the point where we have all chiefs and no Indians”.
  • New York Times, p. 31, 17 June 1972
  • [A]t this meeting were some of the most senior officers of the Met [Metropolitan police]. Superintendents and chiefs. In fact it was all chiefs and no Indians. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 295, 1999
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