闹饥荒

闹饥荒

Literally means:

suffer from famine

Actually means:

be hard up

It means crops in a certain area fail or substantially fail and it leads to serious shortage of food in this area. It also figuratively means one is encountered with financial difficulty and has no disposable money at hand.

某个地区的粮食作物没有任何收获或收获极少，以致该地粮食严重缺乏。也比喻经济上发生困难，手头没有钱。