吃不消

吃不消

Literally means:

can't digest it

Actually means:

be too much to handle; cannot bear

It means not being able to bear or stand something anymore or to keep going any longer.

It usually means that one's financial situations, resources, strength or emotion has gone to the extreme. Its antonym is 吃得消.

负担不起，承受不了，不能够支持下去。

常指超过财力、物力、人力或心理上所能承受的限度。相反的意思是“吃得消”。