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185页（282字）
比喻小人贪得无厌，无耻地追逐名利，无所不为；亦作“狗苟蝇营”，例他一向鄙视那些蝇营狗苟的人，情愿过着清苦的生活，也不愿为追求名利向权贵豪门俯首。
He has always held in contempt those who are out for personal gain．He，himself，lives simply and would never play up to the influential for personal advancement．