短语 | the cupboard is bare |
释义 | the ˌcupboard is ˈbare(BrE)used to say that there is no money for sth食橱是空的(指没钱购买)They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare.他们正在寻求更多的资金,然而根本找不到。This expression refers to a children's nursery rhyme about Old Mother Hubbard, who had nothing in her cupboard to feed her dog.源自一首关于老妈哈伯德的儿歌。她的食橱里没有喂狗的东西。 |
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