穷困潦倒的“杯具”人生英语如何形容？

浮躁2013

龙游浅滩遭虾戏，虎落平阳被犬欺。人生中那些穷困落魄的生活用英文怎么形容呢？

1.  Scrape by

Scrape做名词时可以表示“困境”，scrape by 则意指“勉强度日”，钱不够花啊！

例：Borrowing money from friends and relatives helped him to scrape by.

他全靠亲朋好友的金钱接济度日！

2.  Make ends meet

“收支相抵”、“量入为出”，“收入微薄，勉强过活”都是这个短语要表达的。

例：They've got to watch every penny to make ends meet.

他们得精打细算才能维持下去。

3.  Live from hand to mouth

手里的食物仅能勉强满足眼前的需要，真真是月光族都谈不上，勉强糊口而已啊！

例：We always lived from hand to mouth in those days.

那时候,我们总是过着朝不保夕的生活。

4.  As poor as a church mouse

像教堂里的老鼠一样穷，简直就是“一贫如洗”。

例： Although very rich in his youth, he is now as poor as a church mouse.

虽然年轻时很有钱, 他现在却穷得一贫如洗。

5.  Keep body and soul together

要把灵魂和肉身keep在一起了，当然得挣钱糊口了。

例：I hate my job, but I have to keep body and soul together somehow.

我讨厌我的工作，但不管怎么样我得挣钱糊口。

6.  Feel the pinch

Pinch可表示“匮乏;压力”，feel the pinch意指因缺钱而陷入困境。来，feel一下~

例：The high rate of unemployment is making many families feel the pinch.

失业率很高，许多家庭感到日子不好过了。

7.  Chicken feed

Chicken feed指“微不足道的钱”、“零钱”，哭穷时你可以用上它。

例： My salary is chicken feed compared with hers.

与她相比，我的工资少得可怜。（21英语）