比喻没有依靠，处境艰难的人。

Lone soul and wandering ghost

暮：傍晚；途：路。天已晚了，路已走到了尽头。比喻处境十分困难，到了末日。也形容穷困到极点。

Dusk and the road is long

国家富有，民众富裕。

The country is rich and the people abundant

灾难在很短时间内就要降临。形容处境非常危险。

Disaster in a Moment

指家庭日常生活琐事。

domestic trivia

遇到危难时苟且偷生。

Escaping danger by chance

以布作裙，以荆代钗。比喻贫困。同“钗荆裙布”。

Skirt fabric and thorn hairpin

在山中栖身，到谷中喝水。形容隐居生活。

Dwelling in mountains and hiding in valleys

暇：空闲。没有空好好吃饭。形容整日忙碌，连吃饭也没空。

be too busy to have a decent meal

恶：坏；衣：衣服；食：事物。粗劣的衣食。形容生活清苦

Wearing coarse clothes and eating rough food

指宦海浮沉，遭遇坎坷。

Floating and reckless, connected with the lame

爱：喜爱；恶：厌恶。喜爱生存，厌恶死亡

Love life and hate death

指福祸互为因果，互相转化。

Good fortune hides potential disaster, disaster can rely on fortune

羹：汤。指粗劣食品。用来比喻生活水平低下。

coarse meals of a farming family

盲人骑着瞎马。比喻盲目行动，后果十分危险。

Blind horse approaching the pond

旧时指隐居生活。

Rinse Stones, Rest on Flowing Water

涂：通“途”；殚：尽。到了无路可走的境地。比喻穷途没路，末日来临。

Exhausting all ways in life

指人的日常生活。

daily life

离开蔬食，脱去木屐（一说为草鞋）。比喻脱离清苦生活，入身仕官。

Getting rid of vegetables and releasing the foot

难于继续下去。

hard to keep up