拿着鸡毛当令箭

令箭： 古代军队发布命令时，用作凭据的东西，形似箭，尾部有羽毛。比喻把别人（多指上一级）随便讲的话，趁势拿过来就命令人、要求人。或喻把小事当成大事声张。张恩忠《龙岗战火》第十七章：“他一听白振西神气活现地向他传达着 ‘太君的三不准命令’，便恶声恶气地发牢骚说： ‘你不要给我拿着鸡毛当令箭。’”谷斯范《新桃花扇》第十一回：“督帅偶然想来个小玩意儿，他就鸡毛当令箭，扰得外面百姓家家户户狗跳墙，鸡上屋。”

拿着鸡毛当令箭

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拿着鸡毛当令箭ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn

take a chicken feather for a warrant to give commands—treat one’s superior’s casual remark as an order and make a big fuss about it
❍ 他被提拔到领导岗位后，爱摆架子，～。After he was promoted to a leading position he liked to put on airs and treated his superior’s casual remark as an order and made a big fuss a bout it.

拿着鸡毛当令箭na zhe ji mao dang ling jian

【口语】treat one’s superior's casual remark as an order and make a big fuss about it

拿着鸡毛当令箭

take chicken feather as a warrant to issue orders—regard casual remarks from higher-up as a command and make much ado about nothing