看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 [ kàn cài chī fàn ， liàng tǐ cái yī ]
基本释义
比喻根据具体情况处理问题，办理事情。量（liàng）。
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
eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure; to live within one's means; to act according to actual circumstances