◎ 饥不择食 jībùzéshí[relish plain food;All food is delicious to the starving. Beggars can't be choosers.(谚) Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.(谚) The hungry cannot be fastidious about food.] 由于饥饿,顾不上挑选食物。比喻情况紧急时,顾不上考虑选择 -----------------国语辞典:饥饿时不挑选食物的好恶,有什么吃什么。比喻急迫时不作选择、挑剔。《水浒传.第三回》:「自古有几般:『饥不择食,寒不择衣,慌不择路,贫不择妻。』」也作「饥不择食」。近寒不择衣,慌不择路
◎ 饥寒交迫 jīhán-jiāopò[be poverty-stricken;be hungry and pinched with cold;live in pestering hunger and cold;suffer cold and hunger;be miserable from cold and hunger] 受冷挨饿,穷困之极 -----------------国语辞典:饥饿寒冷交相逼迫。如:「难民经长期逃难,饥寒交迫,急待救援。」也作「饥冻交切」、「饥寒交切」、「饥寒交切」。近啼饥号寒,饔飧不继反丰衣足食