long-drawn-out project
...当代中国常见流行用语汉英对照小词典H-P 胡子工程 long-drawn-out project (a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded) 虎父无犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg. .
long-drawn-out construction project
放心肉 quality-assured meat 胡子工程 long-drawn-out construction project (a project which takes so long that young workers grow beard by the time it is finished) 紧箍咒 restraining measures ..
.胡子工程,就是指拖拖沓沓,不能按期完工,或者因为某种原因而迟迟不能完成的工程。