Be down and down
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh é ɡǎǎǎ ozh è NLU ò, which means to break the dead branches and shake down the dead leaves. Metaphor is easy and effortless. It comes from Huainanzi · human training.
The origin of Idioms
"Huainanzi · human training": "Liu and Xiang Xingyi's troops will be determined according to the situation, if they are haggard and vigorous."
Idiom usage
It's easy to refer to
Be down and down
a man is not a stalk of grass or a tree - rén fēi cǎo mù
Bird's way and sheep's intestines - niǎo dào yáng cháng
be cheap and at the same time very good - jià lián wù měi
a person who looks down upon everyone and fancies that nobody dare do anything to him - mò yù dú yě