嗷嗷待哺嗷嗷：哀号声；待：等待；哺：哺育喂养。原意指小鸟饥饿时叫着要东西吃的样子。后常用以形容饥民渴求得食而急待解救的悲惨情景。例可奈满城无粮嗷嗷待哺。——蔡东藩《唐史演义》英cry piteously for food; waiting to be fed with cries of hunger;[查看详情]

水深火热比喻生活处境极端艰难痛苦。例年正当帝国主义入侵中国人民处于水深火热之中的时候慈禧却为自己的生日大肆挥霍。——《故宫博物馆》英live in great misery;[查看详情]

饿莩遍野见“饿殍遍野”。[查看详情]

饿殍遍野亦作“饿莩遍野”。饿死的人到处都是。形容老百姓因灾祸饥馑大批饿死的悲惨景象。参见：饿殍。[查看详情]

饥寒交迫受冷挨饿穷困之极。英be poverty-stricken; be hungry and pinched with cold; live in pestering hunger and cold; suffer cold and hunger; be miserable from cold and hunger;[查看详情]