迷你对话学地道口语第260期:穷困潦倒 穷到极点

（单词翻译）

　　迷你对话：
A: Please lend me some money.
借点钱给我，好吗？
B: OK, do you want it urgently¹?
没问题，你有急用吗？
A: Yeah, I really want it. I am on my uppers².
对，我真的非常急需这笔钱。
B: Right, here you are.
好吧，给你。
A: Thanks.
谢谢。
地道表达：
on one’s uppers
解词释义：
这个习语字面意思是指把鞋子的鞋底都磨破了，只好拿鞋面来当鞋底穿着走路，当然这是不可能办到，因此用以比喻“人处于极其穷困潦倒的境地”。
支持范例：
He was on his uppers when I came across him.
我是在他穷困潦倒时碰见他的。
Mr. Green had been out of work for several months and was on his uppers.
格林先生已失业好几个月了，现在生活十分困难。
People should lend him a helpful hand; he's really on his uppers.
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。
I believe he is the youngest son of an earl, but he seems on his uppers.
我相信他是伯爵的小儿子，不过他看来已经穷困潦倒了。