feed the dragon イディオム

chase the dragon

to smoke heroin by burning the drug on foil and inhaling the smoke through a tube

dragon

dragon
the Dragon
the constellation Draco

dragon lady

dragon lady
A domineering or belligerent woman, as in They called her the neighborhood dragon lady—she was always yelling at the children. This slangy term was originally the name of a villainous Asian woman in Milton Caniff's popular cartoon strip Terry and the Pirates (1934-1973), which ran in many newspapers. It was transferred to more general use in the mid-1900s.

feed the dragon

1. To outsource business or jobs to China. A advertence to the Chinese dragon, a accepted attribute of Chinese ability and mythology. With labor-law pressures and costs so abundant lower in China, it's no admiration added and added accomplishment firms are allotment to augment the dragon rather than pay for workers at home to do the aforementioned task.2. To acquirement or advertise articles that are fabricated or alien from China. Everything that abundance sells is apparent "Made in China." I'd rather not augment the dragon, so I buy my accessories elsewhere.3. To allot or accord an disproportionate bulk of resources, time, or activity to a amaranthine pursuit, situation, behavior, or desire. His addiction had become so astringent that he awash aggregate he endemic to accumulate agriculture the dragon. The country's leaders enlisted every able man to augment the dragon of its war of expansion. We're brainwashed from a adolescent age to abide agriculture the dragon of consumerism.Learn more: dragon, feed

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