出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第35页（269字）
只吃不劳动，财产即使多到如山一般，也要吃空，例自父亲去世后，他索性辞了职，纵情享乐，可是坐吃山空，三五年间就把偌大的家产花得精光。
After his father’s death，he threw up his job and gave himself up to pleasure．Several years of idleness meant that the family fortune was just eaten away．