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267页（225字）
形容折扣多因而实收数少，例虽说收入不差，但经过上上下下人等七折八扣，剩余的就不多了。
When people at every level have taken their little share，there is not too much left from the original income which was considerable．