日暮途穷 meaning in English
be at [come to] the end of one's rope; approach the end of one's days; in one's decline; on one's last legs; reach (at) the end of one's tether; the day is waning and the road is ending
Examples
- The great king felt himself at the end of his rope .
这位伟大的国王已感日暮途穷。 - The day is waning and the road is ending .
日暮途穷。 - What he desired most, as an aging man and precarious actor, was respect rather than admiration .
象他这样一个上了年纪的老人和日暮途穷的演员，最希望得到的不是崇拜而是尊重。 - Here was i thinking you a new-sprung child of nature; there were you, the belated seedling of an effete aristocracy .
我本来还以为你是大自然的新生儿女哪，谁知道可是奄奄绝息的贵族留下来的一枝日暮途穷的孽子儿孙呢！ - You did what you did last
而你已经是日暮途穷