live on the labour of others

live on the labour of others

The pronunciation is y ī L á ISH ē NSH ǒ u, f à NL á izh ā NGK ǒ U.

explain

A person who is lazy and enjoys the fruits of other people's work.

source

Chapter 31 of Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines in Qing Dynasty: "Mr. an is a person who has been pampered since he was a child, who can stretch his hand in clothes and open his mouth in food."

allusion

Once upon a time, there was a rich man who had all the wealth of his family. His son had no knowledge and skills, and lived a life of putting on clothes and stretching out his hand and eating with open mouth. The rich man did not educate him. AI Zi reminds him to let him be educated. The rich man is dissatisfied with AI Zi and says that his son is not in charge of world affairs. AI Zi called his son to ask where rice came from. The son of the rich man answered that rice came from a rice bag.

usage

[example] an adult with normal mind and healthy body should support himself, instead of living in the days of clothes and food.

[Extension] in recent years, due to the rise of e-commerce, the abbreviation of "clothes to hand, food to mouth" has evolved into the name of a ordering website.