食sik6穀guk1種zung2

English

1. (slang) to live off one's savings when in a desperate situation with no income; to rest on one's laurels
2. to have to live on only one's savings, without any income. Literally: eat seed-grainunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 無收入，要靠儲蓄度日；穀種係農夫保留嚟種植新稻嘅種子，非到山窮水盡都唔會攞嚟食unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  佢自從公司執咗笠就日日留響屋企食穀種。

  He started to live off his savings at home after his company went down.