分类:生活境遇 Life & Circumstances 共 1763 条
倒悬:象人被倒挂着一样。比喻处境极端困难。
Critical emergency
同“转祸为福”。把灾祸转化为幸福。
Turning disaster into fortune
吃饭不用两道肉食。指饮食节俭。
Cannot combine meat in a meal
吃得香甜,睡得安稳。形容心绪宁静。
Eating sweetly and sleeping peacefully
危险至极的紧急关头。
(said of a nation) at the moment of crisis
顺:顺从;昌:昌盛;逆:违背;亡:灭亡。顺从我的就可以存在和发展,违抗我的就叫你灭亡。形容剥削阶级的独裁统治。
those who submit will prosper, those who resist shall perish
意外的灾祸。同“飞来横祸”。
sudden disaster
因为寒冷而靠着火取暖的人。
Cold attached to fire
惊叹久处安逸,不能有所作为。
Flesh startled, legs trembling
原指平民的服装。旧时比喻隐士的生活。
wearing black shoes and cloth stockings the life of a hermit
偷:苟且。奉承迎合别人,使自己能苟且地生活下去。
fall in with others wishes and acquire admittance
犹言流离失所。指无处安身,到处流浪。
Drifting and losing direction
指因生活所迫,把妻子儿女卖给别人。
Sell wife and sell children
比喻处境艰险。
As if crossing deep waters
比喻险恶的遭遇或严峻的考验。
be beaten by wind and waves be battered by a storm
饥饿与寒冷一齐逼来。形容无衣无食,生活极其贫困。
Hunger and cold strike together
沦落:流落,指陷入坏的境地。风尘:旧指娼妓的生活。旧指妇女不幸沦为娼妓。
sink into professions not socially respectable become a courtesan be driven to prostitution
谓崇尚俭朴,不事修饰。《韩非子·五蠹》:“ 堯 之王天下也,茅茨不翦,采椽不斲。”《史记·李斯列传》:“ 堯 之有天下也,堂高三尺,采椽不斲,茅茨不翦。” 汉 桓宽 《盐铁论·通有》:“文學曰:‘古者采椽不斲,茅茨不翦。’”
Thatched cottage not trimmed
形容妓女卖弄风骚的生活。
flirt near the door with passers-by
指生活清苦,为人清白。亦作“饮冰吞檗”、“饮冰茹蘖”。
Drinking ice and eating bitter herbs