| 释义 |
crumbs from the rich man's table crumbs from (one's) tableAn insufficient or unfair amount of something provided by one when one has a sufficient or abundant amount. I know he can afford to pay me more, so I refuse to accept crumbs from his table.See also: crumb, tablecrumbs from the rich man's tableAn insufficient or unfair amount of something provided by one who has an abundance. I know he can afford to pay me more, so I refuse to accept crumbs from the rich man's tableSee also: crumb, rich, tablecrumbs from someone's (or a rich man's) table an unfair and inadequate or unsatisfactory share of something. Luke 16:21 describes the beggar Lazarus as ‘desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table’.See also: crumb, table |