坐吃山空

坐吃山空 [zuò chī shān kōng]

1. ■ sit idle and eat, and in time one's whole fortune will be used up; an idler's nibble a day -- wears even a mountain away; consume without producing; eat oneself out of house and home; remain at home and “eat away” a whole fortune; remain at home eating in idleness; sit at home eating away one's resources