粥少僧多成语解释
【成语出处】邹韬奋《学校与商场》：“小学教员比较是刻苦耐劳一点，可是各地因为粥少僧多，常常为争夺饭碗而闹得乌烟瘴气。”
【感情色彩】中性
【成语结构】联合式成语
【成语用法】联合式；作宾语、定语；含贬义
【产生年代】当代成语
【近义词】僧多粥少
成语例句
高阳《胡雪岩全传·平步青云》上册：“心内不免发愁，只怕粥少僧多，应酬不到，难免得罪人。”
相关成语
掎裳连襼 挨肩并足 聚蚊成雷 一人传虚，万人传实 挨三顶五 摩肩接毂 七嘴八舌 熙来攘往 骈肩叠迹
英语释义
There are too many (Buddhist) monks and too little gruel -- cannot meet the needs of ...；
little gruel and many monks -- not enough to go round；
The gruel is meagre and the monks are many -- not enough to go round.；
The congee is not enough for so many monks -- not enough to go round.
