◎家徒四壁
[utterly destitute;be empty of all furniture;be extremely poor with only the walls of the household standing;with nothing is one's house but bare walls] 家中極端貧困,空無所有,徒有四堵墻壁樹立
⒈ 形容家中貧窮,一無所有。
引《史記·司馬相如列傳》:“文君夜亡奔相如,相如乃與馳歸成都。家居徒四壁立。”
司馬貞索隱引孔文祥云:“徒,空也。家空無資儲,但有四壁而已?!?br/>《魏書·任城王順傳》:“﹝順﹞為陵戶鮮于康奴所害。家徒四壁,無物斂尸,止有書數(shù)千卷而已?!?br/>宋黃庭堅《次韻宋楙宗僦居甘泉坊雪后書懷》:“家徒四壁書侵坐,馬聳三山葉擁門?!?br/>清蒲松齡《聊齋志異·陳錫九》:“合厝既畢,家徒四壁。幸里中憐其孝,共飯之?!?br/>高曉聲《李順大造屋》:“新郎因為要負擔兩個老人和一個殘廢妹妹的生活,窮得家徒四壁,鶉衣百結(jié),才獨身至今?!?/span>
家中只剩四面墻壁。形容家境貧困,一無所有。宋.辛棄疾〈水調(diào)歌頭.我亦卜居者〉詞:「好在書攜一束,莫問家徒四壁,往日置錐無?!埂赌鹾;ǎ谌亍罚骸改菚r正是家徒四壁,囊無一文?!挂沧鳌讣彝奖诹ⅰ埂?/p>