一文不名 meaning in English
be penniless; be cleaned out; not have a feather to fly with; not have a bean; not have a shilling [penny] in the world; not a shot in the locker; without a penny to one's name
Examples
- A toom purse makes an oblate merchant .
口袋一文不名，会使商人烦闷。 - Penniless, he begins to write, which is to earn him a living .
他一文不名，开始以写作为生。 - She had been the lovely regina dallas, a penniless beauty introduced to new york society by her cousin, the imprudent medora manson .
她从前叫丽贾娜达拉斯。虽然一文不名，却是个美人儿，经她的表姐，轻佻的梅朵拉曼森的介绍，进入了纽约的社交界。 - I lost every dime , but i ' m richer . .
我变得一文不名但是我现在却更富有. . - I ' m broke now that it ' s just before payday
刚好在发薪日前我已一文不名了。