也说捉襟肘见。拉一下衣襟，胳膊肘就露了出来。《庄子·让王》：“曾子居卫…十年不制衣，正冠而缨绝，捉衿（同“襟”）而肘见。”形容衣服破烂，生活穷困。后也比喻顾此失彼，穷于应付。
捉襟见肘 [zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu]
1. 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语出《庄子·让王》：“曾子居卫，十年不制衣，正冠而缨绝，捉衿而肘见。”意思说，整一整衣襟就露出了肘子。形容衣衫褴褛。也比喻顾此失彼，处境困难。
邹韬奋《被关在门外的教职员》：“以意测度起来，也许因为力量的限制，致有捉襟见肘的情形。”
Stretched
房价的下跌不仅影响到地产相关的数十个上下游行业，严重依赖于土地财政的地方政府也不免捉襟见肘(Stretched)，本已逐渐脱节投资者视线的地方融资平台风险又将重现，这将使股指的反弹力度大打折扣，由于今天上证(Shanghai)指数已冲高至2450...
out at elbows
兰若小筑---yolanda ... laugh off one's head 笑破肚皮 be out at elbows 捉襟见肘 lay heads together 集思广益 ...
to be cut at elbows
欢迎来到leann的博客～～ 愿能在如江沪的平台留下些足迹与你分享；共同进步！ ... 家和万事兴! If there's peace at home everything will prosper! 捉襟见肘 to be cut at elbows 骑虎难下 have a wolf by the ears ...
overstretched
求翻译：Only in this way can we solve the problem at once. 是什么意思? ... Apparent size » 外观尺寸 Tell the story » 说出你的故事 overstretched » 捉襟见肘 ...
腰宽捉襟见肘
waist width stretched
打开我捉襟见肘的词库
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这些资源在财政紧缩的新现实面前已经捉襟见肘。
These resources were already stretched thin by the new reality of financial austerity.
因为他们依靠其虚拟主机业务从来都没有在正向现金流上捉襟见肘过，所以他们如何计划来花掉这笔额外的钱令我尤其感兴趣。
I was particularly interested in finding out what they plan to do with the extra money, since they have never been shy about the positive cash flow generated by their hosting business.
我们可以想象非营利组织，个人以及捉襟见肘的小公司可以将其变成一款伟大的工具。
We can imagine that nonprofits, individuals, and small businesses with small budgets could turn this into a great tool.
四字成语，出自《庄子·让王》：“曾子居卫，十年不制衣，正冠而缨绝，捉襟而肘见，纳履而踵决。”。解释为拉一下衣襟就露出胳膊肘儿，形容衣服破烂。比喻顾此失彼，穷于应付。 襟，衣襟；肘，胳膊肘；“见”通“现”，露出。
