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56页（208字）
形容人地生疏，没有亲戚朋友，例他自幼父母双亡，举目无亲，长大后又长年患病，真是命运多舛。
Left an orphan while young，he was stranded abroad with no kin to turn to．Poor health too has added to his misery．