粵

神san4台toi4桔gat1

also written神臺桔
san4 toi4 gat1san4 toi2 gat1shén tái jú

English

  1. (analogy) someone is getting haggard, and slowly frail
  2. to let something or someone decline through neglect; literally: offering table clementine, to dried out in the shade
  3. spinster; literally: offering table citrus

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歇後語,引指陰乾,放響神台上邊供奉神靈嘅桔好多時都會響幽暗嘅環境之中,慢慢變乾癟,解作咩都唔做,任由一樣嘢衰落破敗
  2. 嫁唔出嘅女人,神主台上邊通常擺咗幾個桔嚟供奉神靈,擺到乾乾癟癟先換走

Examples

  • 佢四十歲都嫁唔出,分分鐘由籮底橙變神枱桔。

    She remains unmarried in her forties and is in the danger of cementing her spinsterhood.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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