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    28        拿著雞毛當令箭。

                         拿著雞毛當令箭

                          「令箭」是古代軍隊中
                          令箭 是古代軍隊中
                          發布命令時用作憑證的信物，
                         發布命令時用作憑證的信物
                          形狀像箭。
                         形狀像箭

                          比喻把上司隨便說的話，
                         比喻把上司隨便說的話
                          當作重大的命令來 處 理。
                         當作重大的命令來處理

                To hold up a chicken’s feather as the commander’s arrow.
                The commander’s arrow was used as a token of authority
                by field commanders in old China. This phrase is used to
                describe one who takes some casual words of a superior
                and uses them as having the authority of an order.
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