| 释义 |
行将就木 | xíng jiāng jiù mù | One is going soon into the wood (coffin). (literal) • Have one foot in the grave. • On one’s last legs. • At death’s door. • The old man’s staff is a knocker at death’s door. [同义] 日薄西山 Sinking fast. [反义] 方兴未艾 In the bud. [源] 左传·僖二十三年：“公子重耳谓季隗曰，待我二十五年不来而后嫁。季隗曰：我二十五年矣，又如是而嫁，则就木焉，请待子。” |