借題發揮 jiè tí fā huī

DEFINITIONS

  1. to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
  2. to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss

CHARACTERS

借 jiè
HSK 3
borrow; lend; make pretext of
題 tí forehead; title, headline; theme
發 fā issue, dispatch, send out, emit
揮 huī direct; wipe away; squander