看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
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基本释义
  1. 量体:用尺量身材的大小长短。裁:裁剪。比喻根据具体情况办事。
出处
〖出处〗毛泽东《反对党八股》：“‘看菜吃饭，量体裁衣。’我们无论做什么事都要看情形办事。”
英文翻译
  1. eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
  2. to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  3. to live within one's means
  4. to act according to actual circumstances