annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up
swallowing and spitting out
fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish; great man; notorious man
the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; (lit.) fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net
being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades