维持一家人的生活。

support ones family

旧时形容妓女的生活。

wait on the guests and laugh and sing for money stand by the door and smile on passers-by

嗷嗷：哀鸣声；待：等待；食：喂养。迫于饥饿而急于求食的样子。形容灾民受饥饿，处于困境等待援助

Cry and wait to be fed

前进无路，后退也无路。形容处境十分困难，进退两难，无处容身。

have no alternative

奋：振作精神，鼓起干劲。指勇往直前，不顾个人安危

Risk life without hesitation

忧患：困苦患难；余生：大灾难后侥幸存活的生命。指饱经患难之后侥幸保全下来的生命。

a survivor of many disasters

碰到灾难也能化为吉祥。

Turn misfortune into fortune

关隘山岭阻挡隔绝。形容路途艰难，往来不易。

Mountains block the path

指夫妇不能偕老。

Not living to old age

指无处藏身，形容慌乱、羞愧至极，处境窘迫。

Nowhere to accommodate

犹言食不果腹。指吃不饱肚子。形容生活贫困。

have little food to eat

危险的局面不断产生。

very dangerous

形容人性情浮躁，态度傲慢。

Restless and exuberant

原指事物到了尽头就要发生变化。现指在穷困艰难的时候，就要想办法改变现状。

an impasse is followed by change/poverty makes people think of change

比喻小孩生来多病。也形容经常遭遇不幸。

numerous adversities and calamities

比喻无事生非或没话找话说。

All mouths, bland tongues

比喻帮着坏人做坏事。

Assist a tyrant in doing evil

安居本土，愉快地从事自己的职业

Be content with your homeland and enjoy your work

比喻荣华的生活。

Gilded with gold and jade

道、途：路。走到路的尽头。形容无路可走，面临末日。

Exhaust all avenues