捉襟见肘
捉襟见肘
- [中]
- 拉一拉衣襟,就露出臂肘。形容衣服破烂。比喻顾此失彼,穷于应付。生活困难或处境窘迫。
- [英]
- have too many problems to deal with;have too many difficulties to cope with;pull down one's jacket to conceal the raggedness,only to expose one's albows
- [日]
- 〈成〉えりを合わせるとそでからひじが出る.衣服がぼろぼろである.〈喩〉困難が多くてやりくりがつかない.辻褄が合わせにくい.財政困難に陥る.
- [出典]
- 《庄子•让王》:“十年不制衣,正冠而缨绝,捉襟而肘见,纳履而踵决。”
- [類義]
- ;;
- [反義]
- ;绰绰有余;