因ㄧㄣ噎ㄧㄝ廢ㄈㄟˋ食ㄕˊyīnyē‑fèishí

简因噎废食

  1. 因為曾被噎過或怕被噎著便不吃東西。比喻因害怕出錯而放棄該做的事情。例 「矯枉過正，因噎廢食」。

英lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom)​; fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk