粥少僧多成語解釋
【成語出處】鄒韜奮《學校與商場》:“小學教員比較是刻苦耐勞一點,可是各地因爲粥少僧多,常常爲爭奪飯碗而鬧得烏煙瘴氣。”
【感情色彩】中性
【成語結構】聯合式成語
【成語用法】聯合式;作賓語、定語;含貶義
【產生年代】當代成語
【近義詞】僧多粥少
成語例句
高陽《胡雪巖全傳·平步青雲》上冊:“心內不免發愁,只怕粥少僧多,應酬不到,難免得罪人。”
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英語釋義
There are too many (Buddhist) monks and too little gruel -- cannot meet the needs of ...;
little gruel and many monks -- not enough to go round;
The gruel is meagre and the monks are many -- not enough to go round.;
The congee is not enough for so many monks -- not enough to go round.