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English

1. describes the situation of financial difficulty and having no money for food; literally 'to eat the northwest wind'
2. not to have any food to eat; literally: to eat northwest wind
3. to have no income

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 冇嘢食
2. 引伸做無所事事、冇收入

Examples

• 阿松夏天走去賣羽絨，實食西北風啦。

  Ah-Chung is selling down feather jackets in summer. He won't be earning any money.

• 阿松佢唔識煮飯又冇晒杯麪，今晚實係食西北風啦。

  Ah-Chung can't cook and has run out of cup noodles. He'll likely go hungry tonight. ----