汉英词典
MEANING OF 捉襟见肘
捉襟见肘
(捉襟見肘)
lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet
Pulling the placket, revealing the elbow / Describe the tattered clothes / It is an analogy of taking care of this and losing the other, and being too poor to deal with it
见"捉衿见肘"。
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相比之下，麦凯恩的资金则捉襟见肘。 Mr McCain, by contrast, is running on financial fumes. | ||
但生物科技泡沫的破灭使它们捉襟见肘。 But the bursting of the biotech bubble has left them starved of cash. | ||
他们无一改善其捉襟见肘、无效的警力。 None has much improved its overstretched, ineffectual police force. | ||
您有份不错的薪水，但仍感觉捉襟见肘。 You have a nice salary, but you still feel short of money. | ||
作者在海德拉巴城外乡村看到的捉襟见肘小店就是一个例子。 The threadbare inventory the authors discovered in the village store outside Hyderabad is only one example. | ||
斯帕莱蒂教练一直在保护这位年轻新秀，但罗马队内的伤病情况让他用兵捉襟见肘。 Luciano Spalletti may be keen to protect his young starlet but Roma's injury woes have thrown him into the deep end a little sooner than expected. | ||
