the dead hand of something

成語所屬單字dead

the dead hand of something — 慣用語

1. An influence that controls or limits something in a negative way.

1.慣用語
釋義

某事物的束縛

An influence that controls or limits something in a negative way.

例句

The dead hand of tradition prevents many changes in the village.

We must escape the dead hand of outdated regulations.