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42页（254字）
形容极小的空间，例贫富悬殊的社会里，少数地主拥有大量土地，而贫苦人家却无立锥之地。
In societies where there is a big gap between the rich and the poor，the landlords own the land whereas the poor don’t even have an inch of land to stick an awl in