fall on evil days; be penniless and frustrated; crack up under the strain of poverty; in a state of utter poverty; in the grip of poverty; live a life of poverty; on the beach
不能让我的一生穷困潦倒: couldn't stay all my life down that hill
回想起有一年 爸爸穷困潦倒的时候: i remember back one year when daddy had no money
Example Sentences:
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He was on his uppers when i came across him . 我是在他穷困潦倒时碰见他的。
2.
He is but the ruin of what he was . 他现在（穷困潦倒）不像当年那样容光焕发了。
3.
He looked completely down and out . 他看上去已穷困潦倒。
4.
Mr. foley was down and out after he lost many friends . 佛利先生失去许多朋友之后，穷困潦倒。
5.
The fates mess around with the people who have the most to lose . 灾难总是同穷困潦倒的人形影不离。
6.
I believe he is the youngest son of an earl, but he seems to have come in the world . 我相信他是伯爵的小儿子，不过他看来已经穷困潦倒了。
7.
It was rather absurd, and somehow sinister, to see this social pretence in those poverty-stricken surroundings on a borneo river . 在婆罗洲的一条河上，周围一片穷困潦倒的景象，还装模作样的摆谱，真有点不伦不类，简直可以说是荒诞离奇了。
8.
If i feel poverty i will think of wealth to come 穷困潦倒时，我想象未来的富有。
9.
Dog whimpers ah , that ' s better . a starving one , i hope 还不错我希望他是个穷困潦倒的
10.
[ dog whimpers ] ah , that ' s better . a starving one , i hope 还不错我希望他是个穷困潦倒的
