Л123
ПРОКРУСТОВО ЛОЖЕ ('го)//7
NPsing onlyfixed WO criteria, standards to which sth. is forcefully fitted or adapted (in order to produce conformity): Procrustean bed
bed of Procrustes.
From the Greek legend about Procrustes, a robber who stretched or cut the legs of his victims to fit the length of his bed.
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