捉襟见肘 zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu to be overextended Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 捉襟见肘 捉襟見肘 zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu to be overextended lit. pulling down the lapels exposes the elbows; originally describing clothing so ragged that one's elbows show, now used to describe being strapped for cash or overwhelmed with more problems than one can handle Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.53 per million Cross-References Antonym 应付裕如 yìngfuyùrú应付自如 yìngfuzìrúReferenced by 踵决肘见 zhǒngjuézhǒuxiànHas variant 捉襟肘见 zhuōjīnzhǒuxiàn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
捉襟见肘 捉襟見肘 zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu to be overextended lit. pulling down the lapels exposes the elbows; originally describing clothing so ragged that one's elbows show, now used to describe being strapped for cash or overwhelmed with more problems than one can handle Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.53 per million Cross-References Antonym 应付裕如 yìngfuyùrú应付自如 yìngfuzìrúReferenced by 踵决肘见 zhǒngjuézhǒuxiànHas variant 捉襟肘见 zhuōjīnzhǒuxiàn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
