A Procrustean Bed

　　A Procrustean Bed直译是“普洛克路斯贰斯的床”，源自古希腊神话的典故。

　　在英语中遗留下来a Procrustean bed这个成语，亦做the Procrustes' bed或the bed of Procrustes,常用以表示an arrangement or plan that produces uniformity by violent and arbitrary measures之意。按其形象意义，这个成语与汉语成语“削足适履”、“截趾穿鞋”颇相同;也类似俗语“使穿小鞋”、“强求一律”的说法,

　　eg:I didn't put forth the plan as a Procrustean bed,to which exact conformity is to be indispensable.

　　Don't stretch the facts to fit the Procrustean bed.