There is no tile in the top and no cone in the bottom

There is no tile in the top and no cone in the bottom

To describe having nothing and being poor to no place.

Chinese explanation

To describe having nothing and being poor to no place.

The origin of Idioms

In Song Dynasty, Shi Daoyuan's biography of lanterns in Jingde, monk Fenghua said, "there is no tile on the top, and there is no outstanding cone on the bottom. Where do scholars stand?

words whose meaning is similar

There is no tile on the top and no place under it

usage

Complex sentence; attributive, clause; derogatory