旧摊子

旧摊子

Literally means:

an old booth

Actually means:

an old framework

摊子, a peddling booth not installed in a shop but by the roadside or a prescribed place.

It figuratively refers to a certain framework or organization.

This phrase figuratively refers to an institution (a company or an organization) that is taken over from someone else or the former institution as opposed to the newly established ones.

摊子，不设在正式店铺里面的卖货地点，如马路或有关部门规定的地点。比喻某个组织机构。

旧摊子，比喻从别人手中接管过来的机构（企业或非企业），或与新建机构相对而言的原有机构（企业或非企业）。