龍游淺灘遭蝦戲,，虎落平陽(yáng)被犬欺。人生中那些窮困落魄的生活用英文怎么形容呢,？
1. Scrape by
Scrape做名詞時(shí)可以表示“困境”，scrape by 則意指“勉強(qiáng)度日”,，錢不夠花�,。�
例：Borrowing money from friends and relatives helped him to scrape by.
他全靠親朋好友的金錢接濟(jì)度日,！
2. Make ends meet
“收支相抵”,、“量入為出”，“收入微薄,，勉強(qiáng)過活”都是這個(gè)短語(yǔ)要表達(dá)的,。
例：They've got to watch every penny to make ends meet.
他們得精打細(xì)算才能維持下去。
3. Live from hand to mouth
手里的食物僅能勉強(qiáng)滿足眼前的需要,，真真是月光族都談不上,，勉強(qiáng)糊口而已啊,！
例：We always lived from hand to mouth in those days.
那時(shí)候,我們總是過著朝不保夕的生活,。
4. As poor as a church mouse
像教堂里的老鼠一樣窮，簡(jiǎn)直就是“一貧如洗”,。
例： Although very rich in his youth, he is now as poor as a church mouse.
雖然年輕時(shí)很有錢, 他現(xiàn)在卻窮得一貧如洗,。
5. Keep body and soul together
要把靈魂和肉身keep在一起了，當(dāng)然得掙錢糊口了,。
例：I hate my job, but I have to keep body and soul together somehow.
我討厭我的工作,，但不管怎么樣我得掙錢糊口。
6. Feel the pinch
Pinch可表示“匱乏;壓力”,，feel the pinch意指因缺錢而陷入困境,。來,，feel一下~
例：The high rate of unemployment is making many families feel the pinch.
失業(yè)率很高，許多家庭感到日子不好過了,。
7. Chicken feed
Chicken feed指“微不足道的錢”,、“零錢”，哭窮時(shí)你可以用上它,。
例： My salary is chicken feed compared with hers.
與她相比,，我的工資少得可憐。（21英語(yǔ)）
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