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280页（216字）
生活贫困，精神失意颓丧，例张三失业已久，又无亲友可依靠．生活十分穷困潦倒。
Zhang San has been out of work for ages and having no friends or relatives to fall back on，he is now penniless and down and out．