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Meaning of "pull the lapels to reveal the elbows
Explanation: a pull on the lapel reveals the elbow of the arm. Describe the tattered clothes. It is a metaphor for losing sight of the other and being unable to cope with the situation.

From: "Zhuangzi - Let the King": "Ten years without making clothes, the crown and tassel are extinct, the lapel is caught and the elbow is seen, and the shoe and the heel are decided."

Example: The usual life has long been a ~ life, more that what spare money to do the return of the country's travel expenses? ◎ Guo Moruo, "The Student Years - Ten Years of Creation"

Near synonyms: unclothed, ragged, a hundred holes and a thousand wounds

Antonyms: more than enough, more than enough, perfect

Syntax: conjunctive; used as predicative, object, definitive; with a pejorative connotation