千疮百孔 meaning in Chinese
one thousand boils and a hundred holes -- in a disastrous state; a hundred holes, a thousand scars; heavily damaged; riddle with a thousand gapping wounds; scarred and battered
Examples
- Let the sails be rags and the sailors infirm and sickly .
让帆布千疮百孔，水手老弱病残！ - In truth, mrs. gradgrind's stock of facts in general was woefully defective .
说真话，葛擂硬太太所掌握的"事实"货色，一般说来都千疮百孔。 - And this accounts for the holes dug all over the barrow
这也是古墓被挖得千疮百孔 - And this accounts for the holes dug all over the barrow
这也是古墓被挖得千疮百孔 - What is full of holes but still holds water
什么东西千疮百孔却可以盛水？