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269页(260字)
指来的不正当,去的也不正当的意思,例他曾因走私贩毒而赚得不少钱,但是悖入悖出,到头来还是两手空空。
He originally made his fortune from the smuggling of narcotics.But as the saying goes,"ill-gotten,ill-spent,"such people are bound to come a cropper in the end.