The meaning of "caught in the lapel" is: pulling the lapel reveals the elbow. It describes clothes in tatters, and is also a metaphor for having difficulty coping with a lot of things.

Related sentences are as follows:

1, mom said that the family's financial difficulties during this time, has been stretched to the limit, to save money.

2, The finances of that township have been stretched to the limit.

3. He spends too much these days, and before the end of the month he is stretched to the limit.

4. If you can live within your means, you can avoid the dilemma of running out of money at the end of the month.

5. The Polish team could only recruit mercenaries like Oleksandr Bey from Africa to defend Warsaw.

6, the company has been in a difficult situation, it seems to be not far from closure.

7, Miao Sanguan under although there are so few meters, in fact, also stretched to the limit, very some pickpocket.

8, when we want to use the existing legal norms to adjust the legal problems that may arise but appear to be a bit overstretched.

9, the poor and destitute Kong Yijie is already stretched to the limit and wear a heel.

10, Now Woods may really be in a financial bind.

11, their ability to live on the ground is indeed a bit stretched.

12, The family's finances are so bad that they are stretched to the limit.

13, The public life is still stretched to the limit.

14, It's so petty of him to still be wearing the stretched-out clothes.