窮癌晚期口頭語(yǔ)，看看你認(rèn)識(shí)嗎？

作為全球最常見(jiàn)的疾病，窮癌發(fā)病時(shí)間不定，主要病癥有經(jīng)常性清空購(gòu)物車(chē)，不敢逛街，錢(qián)包常年處于饑餓狀態(tài)。在英語(yǔ)里，窮癌可以用以下短語(yǔ)表達(dá).

live from hand to mouth

英文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

you don't have any money to save because whatever you earn is spent on food and other essentials.

中文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

糊口度日。

例句：

Most families in that area live from hand to mouth.

live on the breadline

英文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

People who live on the breadline have avery low income or barely enough money to survive.

中文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

breadline指的是等待分配救濟(jì)食物的隊(duì)伍。

例句：

Due to the recent crisis, there are more people on the breadline than ever before.

dip into one's savings

英文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

You spend part of the money you have put aside for future use.

中文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

動(dòng)用存款。

例句：

I had to dip into my savings to have the car repaired.

feel the pinch

英文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

Begin to suffer from a lack of money.

中文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

pinch的基本意思是用手“捏”“掐”,引申可作“節(jié)省”解。

例句：

With the drop in tourism, hotels and restaurants are beginning to feel the pinch.

hard up

英文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

have very little money.

中文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

經(jīng)濟(jì)困難，缺錢(qián)。

例句：

We were so hard up that we had to sleep in the car.

burn your fingers

英文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

suffer financially as a result of foolish behaviour.

中文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

因自己的失敗或錯(cuò)誤而吃苦頭。

例句：

Jack got his fingers burnt playing on the stock market.

chicken feed

英文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

An amount of money considered small or unimportant is called chicken feed.

中文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

很少的錢(qián)。

例句：

I got a job during the holidays but the paywas chicken feed.

cost an arm and a leg

英文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

very expensive

中文解釋?zhuān)?/p>

貴的離譜。

例句：

The house cost us an arm and a leg, but we have no regrets.