いっとうりょうだん

[一刀両断] ¶～の処置を取る

take drastic measures 抜本的な処置を取る.

一刀両断
a decisive (drastic) measure
cut the (Gordian) knot
cutting in two with one stroke

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いっとうりょうだん【一刀両断】

¶～の処置を取る

take drastic measures 抜本的な処置を取る.

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いっとうりょうだん【一刀両断】

cutting in two with a single stroke.

●一刀両断にする cut sb [sth] in two with a single stroke of the sword; 〔断固たる処置を執る〕 judge sb [sth] harshly; deal with sth decisively [peremptorily, in an authoritarian manner]

・彼は彼女の提案を一刀両断に斬り捨てた. He rejected her proposal out of hand.

●一刀両断の処置を執る take a drastic [draconian, decisive] measure; solve a problem once and for all; deal with a problem with decisiveness.