Always taking out the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom.

Always taking

坐吃山空.

From clogs to clogs is only three generations.

坐吃山空,还会受穷.

He is used to living in extreme luxury.

他过惯了穷奢极侈的生活.

She was brought up in an atmosphere of luxury and wealth.

她在锦衣玉食的环境中长大。

The sky-high price of houses forced many buyers to stint on food and clothes.

昂贵的房价使很多购房者不得不缩衣节食.

It will save her a lot of trouble if she will just listen to reason.

如果她愿意听从劝告那她就会省掉许多麻烦.

Getof them and presumably get rid of part of any cost passed on to consumers.

不使用这些东西,大概可以省掉转移到消费者身上的部分费用.

A word in season , if properly needed , can save one a good deal of trouble.

适时的忠告如果受到应有注意, 就可以省掉许多麻烦.

Jim tried to spare his mother.

吉姆想替他母亲省掉麻烦.

The new design dispensed with the extra generator.

新的设计省掉了那台备用的发电机.

Treasures fill the home.

金玉满堂.

Brew your own beer and wine.

自己酿酒,丰衣足食.

Everybody, he assured her, was well off in Lowick.

他叫她放心, 在洛依克,每个人都丰衣足食.

Such studies are to me unworthy ones.

这些学问对我而言不名一文.

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

为什么帮你管理你的所有投资的人叫做“不名一文的人”?

He's a ruined man, ie has lost all his money, prospects, etc.

他已不名一文(损失了全部钱财 、 断送了前途等).

He had little concern for money, though he could have been extremely wealthy.

他本可以腰缠万贯, 但他淡漠金钱.

He is rolling in money.

他腰缠万贯,过奢华的生活.

He is the man ( whom ) they understood to be extremely rich.

他就是那个他们认为腰缠万贯的人.

It's not a very grand house.

这房子并不是十分富丽堂皇。