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There is a tale about a kind but not wise man who was chopping his dog's tail piece by piece to ease the dog's pain.

Is there an idiom for this in English? Closest translation I can think of is "to refuse to bite the bullet".

upd: The moral of this tale is that half-measures will cost more than a single decisive move. The phrase from the title can be used to criticize half-measures and to suggesta suggestion to be more decisive.

Is there an idiom for this in English? The closest translation I can think of is "to refuse to bite the bullet".

There is a tale about a kind but not wise man who was chopping his dog's tail piece by piece to ease the dog's pain.

Is there an idiom for this in English? Closest translation I can think of is "to refuse to bite the bullet".

upd: The moral of this tale is that half-measures will cost more than single decisive move. The phrase from the title can be used to criticize half-measures and to suggest to be more decisive.

There is a tale about a kind but not wise man who was chopping his dog's tail piece by piece to ease the dog's pain.

The moral of this tale is that half-measures will cost more than a single decisive move. The phrase from the title can be used to criticize half-measures and a suggestion to be more decisive.

Is there an idiom for this in English? The closest translation I can think of is "to refuse to bite the bullet".

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There is a tale about a kind but not wise man who was chopping his dog's tail piece by piece to ease the dog's pain.

Is there an idiom for this in English? Closest translation I can think of is "to refuse to bite the bullet".

upd: The moral of this tale is that half-measures will cost more than single decisive move. The phrase from the title can be used to criticize half-measures and to suggest to be more decisive.

There is a tale about a kind but not wise man who was chopping his dog's tail piece by piece to ease the dog's pain.

Is there an idiom for this in English? Closest translation I can think of is "to refuse to bite the bullet".

There is a tale about a kind but not wise man who was chopping his dog's tail piece by piece to ease the dog's pain.

Is there an idiom for this in English? Closest translation I can think of is "to refuse to bite the bullet".

upd: The moral of this tale is that half-measures will cost more than single decisive move. The phrase from the title can be used to criticize half-measures and to suggest to be more decisive.

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To chop a dog's tail bit by bit

There is a tale about a kind but not wise man who was chopping his dog's tail piece by piece to ease the dog's pain.

Is there an idiom for this in English? Closest translation I can think of is "to refuse to bite the bullet".