馬齒徒增mǎ chǐ tú zēngget old without ac complishing much; outgrow one’s usefulness
? 剛才您提到我的藝術(shù)造詣，差得遠(yuǎn)啊，鄙人是～。Just now you mentioned my artistic attainments. Far from it!I’m getting old,yet I’ve accomplished little. 馬齒徒增mǎ chǐ tú zēnɡ徒：白白地。馬的牙齒隨年齡的增長(zhǎng)而增加，因此看馬齒就可以知道馬的年齡。也比喻人的年齡雖然增加了，但學(xué)問(wèn)沒(méi)有長(zhǎng)進(jìn)、事業(yè)沒(méi)有成就，白白地混日子。advanced in age, outgrow one’s usefulness, be old and unfit for anything |