哭不得笑不得

哭不得笑不得 [kū bu de xiào bu de]

1. ■ be at a loss whether to cry or laugh; be at one's wits' end:

真教我哭不得笑不得! I don't know whether to laugh or to cry!

他哭不得笑不得， 一年的气力白费了。 He was at his wits' end, having worked a year for nothing.