释义 |
寅吃卯粮 | yín chī mǎo liáng | At the hour of Yin (5-6 a.m.) eat the food of Mao (7-8 a.m.). (literal) • Outrun the constable. • Live beyond one’s means. • Live above one’s income. • Who more than he is worth to spend, he makes a rope his life to end. [同义] 饔飧不继 Can hardly make both ends meet. [反义] 积谷防饥 Lay up against a rainy day. |