get/put your own house in order

相关词: house

成语

Definition

  1. To address and resolve one's own problems or issues before criticizing or advising others.

    先管好自己的事

    • Before criticizing others' work, you should first get your own department in order.

      在批評別人的工作之前,你應該先把自己的部門整理好。

    • This company needs to put its own house in order before it can expand effectively.

      這家公司需要先把自己的事務處理好,才能有效地擴展。

    • He is always giving advice to others, but he can't seem to solve his own issues; he needs to get his own house in order first.

      他總是給別人建議,但他似乎無法解決自己的問題;他需要先把自己的事情處理好。