《南史·张融传》：“丈夫当删诗、书，制礼乐，何至因循寄人篱下？” 原指写诗作文因袭他人。后转指在别人的势力庇护之下或依附别人过活。寄：依附。篱：篱笆。
寄人篱下 [jì rén lí xià]
1. be under sb. else's roof -- to depend on [rely on] other people for a living; be dependent on sb. for a living; depend on sb. for a living; find shelter under sb.'s roof; live as a parasite on sb.; live under another's roof; live [be] under sb.'s thumb; live under subjugation指借居他人门下。也喻指依附别人。
周而复《上海的早晨》：“他在工商界老是寄人篱下，是不甘心的。”
Alone in a New Home
秘密花园-(23)(插图典藏版)(含MP3光盘) ... Alone in a New Home 寄人篱下 Martha 女仆玛莎 A Ten-Year-Old Secret 一个十年的秘密 ...
Depend on others
然而，寄人篱下(Depend on others)的糊口并未使父亲改掉Dubo的恶习，他每月的工资仍如以前一样输得干干净净，钱输完后便借酒消愁，生活全无规律。
Living under the house
主角 ， 是你-摄影频道·股友吧 ... Little field mice 小小田鼠 Living under the house 寄人篱下 Never eating much 食不果腹 ...
儿童被不称职的父亲卖掉，孤儿被保护人卖掉， 寄人篱下或被嫌弃的亲戚也会被不愿在赡养他们的人卖掉。
Children were bought from worthless fathers, orphans from their guardians, dependent or undesirable relatives from families weary of supporting them.
在过去寄人篱下的日子里，她习惯于带着道森家的孩子们在乡村里长途漫游，三英里的路程，她觉得是算不了什么的。
Dawson's children in her old days of dependence, and she thought very little of a distance of three miles.
她是一名艾滋孤儿，寄人篱下， 从亲戚家传到另亲戚家。
She was an AIDS orphan being handed across different extended families to be cared for.
寄人篱下是指寄居在别人屋下，用以比喻寄居他人屋下生活，依附别人生活，不能自立。
