出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第269页(228字)
指支付了左边,右边又不够,表示财力或能力不足,穷于应付,例这些年由于需要花费的项目增多,家计难免出现左支右绌的困难局面。
Due to an increase in the kinds of things we have to acquire,it is no wonder that we are in straitened circumstances.