捉襟见肘 meaning in English
pull down one's jacket to conceal the raggedness, only to expose one's elbows; be coming out at the elbows; be hard up; be in straitened circumstances; cannot make ends meet; expose the elbow when fastening one's jacket -- poor; expose one's elbow when drawing tight the lapel of one's jacket; have too many difficulties to cope with; have too many problems to tackle
Examples
- Many people were still struggling to make ends meet
市民生活仍然捉襟见肘。 - And indeed , they are pretty inept on the ground
它们在地面上的生活能力的确有点捉襟见肘。 - Mr mccain , by contrast , is running on financial fumes
相比之下，麦凯恩的资金则捉襟见肘。 - Disk space burning a hole in your pocket
磁盘空间让您捉襟见肘？ - Poor fills due to poor liquidity can adversely affect your using this technique
由于缺乏流动资金导致的捉襟见肘会对不利于你使用这项技术。