形容死后家境冷落、贫困。

die without leaving much property behind

有条理、有法度。

Methodical and orderly

流转沦落，没有安身的地方。

Homeless and destitute

形容远道奔波之苦。参见“跋山涉水”。

Trek over mountains and rivers

扶持危困的局面。

Hold danger and support the fallen

早晨舂米晚上烧火煮饭，形容生活清苦。

Dinner in the evening, pounding grain in the morning

宁愿清白而遭受贫困，决不污浊而享受富贵。

Better to be poor and honest than rich and immoral

安抚远方，安定内地。

Gentle to the distant, firm to the near

除一身之外再没有多余的东西。原指生活俭朴。现形容贫穷。

No notable talent in the body

指救援贫苦人家。

Aid the Poor and Relieve Suffering

家家衣食充裕，人人生活富足。

A well-off household and sufficient people

比喻遇受阻碍或遭到拒绝。也指事情行不通或达不到目的

from pillar to post

吉凶：吉利与不吉利，引申为祸福，成败；卜：占卜，引申为预测。无法预测是福是祸、是成是败。

ones fate is in the balance fate unknown

五月里稻谷尚未熟，就预卖新谷。比喻十分贫穷。

Selling new grain in May

指受尽灾祸之后好运就会降临。多用于劝慰受难之人。

Disaster comes before blessing

指竭尽心力。

Withered brain and anxious heart

见“ 臨難不懼 ”。

Unafraid in the face of difficulty

皮袍破了，钱用完了。比喻境况困难。

fall into a state of poverty have exhausted ones means short of living expenses abroad with coat tattered and gold exhausted

指行善的得福，作恶的受祸。

god blesses the good and punishes the evil

形容事情无着落，处境为难。

Neither rise nor fall