犹言寄人篱下。比喻依附别人生活。

Under someone else's eaves

比喻荣华的生活。

Gilded with gold and jade

安居本土，愉快地从事自己的职业

Be content with your homeland and enjoy your work

掣：牵接。接一下衣襟胳膊肘儿就露出来。形容衣服破烂，生活贫困。

Pulling the collar and exposing the elbow

比喻处境危险极易遭殃的人。

Fish in the pond and swallows under the eaves

道、途：路。走到路的尽头。形容无路可走，面临末日。

Exhaust all avenues

飘飞的蓬草和随波逐流的断树枝。比喻到处漂泊，行踪无定。

Drifting like tumbleweed, breaking off the stem

以梅为妻，以鹤为子，表示清高或隐居。

to have regarded the plum tree as his bride and the cranes as his children

檗，黄檗。形容生活清苦，为人清白。同“饮冰食檗”。

Eating ice and eating Chinese berry

指有多种才能的人反而贫困不堪。同“百巧千穷”。

A hundred skills lead to exhaustion

吃的穿的，享用不尽。比喻生活富裕。

have as much food and clothing as one wants

依：依附，依靠；篱：篱笆。依附于他人篱笆下。指依靠他人生活。

dependent on other people for a living

无论是进还是退，都是处在困境之中。形容进退两难。同“进退维谷”。

Advance and retreat cautiously

缺乏衣食。比喻贫困

Eat little and wear inadequately

福：福气；禄：俸禄。既有福气，又做官，享受俸禄。

Blessings and prosperity together

孤臣：封建朝廷中孤立无援的远臣；孽子：妾所生的庶子。比喻遭遇艰难困苦的人。

the last surviving loyal minister and the final heir

形容冒着生命危险。

Entering death to be born

殷：殷实，富足；阜：丰富。国家人民殷实富裕。

The people are noble and the country prosperous The people live in plenty and the country prospers

饔：早饭；飧：晚饭。吃了上顿没有下顿。形容生活十分穷困。

Meals not sustained

比喻处境艰困、惶急不安的人。

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