捉襟肘见的英文是「Pull on the lapels only to expose the elbows. —have too many difficulties to cope with」
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指整一整衣襟就露出肘子。形容衣衫褴褛。引申为顾此失彼,处境困难。
《庄子·让王》:“十年不制衣,正冠而缨绝,捉衿而肘见。”