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278页（263字）
只吃不劳动，财产即使多得像山一般，也要吃空，例自从父亲死后，他便纵情享乐，坐吃山空，不过三五年，就把偌大的家产挥霍殆尽。
After his father's death，he threw up his job and gave himself up to pleasure．Several years of idleness meant that the family fortune was just eaten away