囊空如洗 meaning in English
one's pocket is empty.; not a shot in the locker; one's purse is as empty as though it had been washed clean.; penniless; with empty pockets; without a penny in one's purse
Examples
- My friend ralph had kept me poor .
我的朋友拉尔夫曾使我囊空如洗。 - I should be without pence were it not for his assistance .
如果不是他的接济，我现在会差不多囊空如洗。 - Every man who is greatly destitute of money is on that account entirely excluded from all means of acquiring it .
囊空如洗的人也决不可能弄到一文钱。 - Till it was too late - and i was empty within - hungry
直到为时已晚,我囊空如洗内饿 - He got quite cleaned out by gambling
因赌博他囊空如洗，身无分文。