一落千丈 meaning in English
suffer a disastrous decline; a great fall; a precipitate [great; terrific] drop; disastrous drop; drop a thousand “zhang” in one fall; fall off to beat the band; sudden decline; suffer a sudden decline; utter failure
Examples
- The government's popularity took a dive .
政府的威望一落千丈。 - He must now inevitably sink in her opinion .
在她眼里，他的身价一定会一落千丈。 - Business fell off to beat the band .
生意一落千丈。 - I'll walk here, until the pride of the house is humbled .
我将来就在这里散步，一直散到这个家庭的声誉一落千丈为止。 - Mr. elton's wanting to play his addresses to her had sunk him in her opinion .
厄尔吞先生要向她求爱这件事已经使他在她心目中一落千丈。