idiom > The ammunition is gone
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Assistance must play the best
  Explanation: Operations run out of ammunition, reinforcements cut off. Also be used to a very difficult situation.
  Usage: Joint type; as the predicate clause, object, attribute; that an impasse
  Source: Song Yang Wanli, "Qian Zhao jurisdiction of public epitaph," the public to come forward with the troops, repeatedly Jie. Seven years, food aid must do, the potential can not be re-supported, then rates of thousands of his troops go south. "
dàn jìn yuán jué
  Ammunition used up, nor backup. Described the situation in peril
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No. 3
  词目 弹尽援绝
  发音 dàn jìn yuán jué
  释义 弹:弹药。援:增援。作战中弹药用完了,援兵断绝了。也比喻处境非常困难。
  出处 宋·杨万里《钤辖赵公墓志铭》:“公挺身与兵,屡捷。七年,粮尽援绝,势不能复支,遂率所部数千人南归。”
  示例 郭沫若《洪波曲》第五章:“迄今晨三时,敌弹尽援绝,全线动摇。”
English Expression
  1. n.:  The ammunition is gone,  and reinforcement is nowhere in sight
Thesaurus
Gunned, Brink extremity, have no means to borrow money, Jin Qiu spacious do, Urn to make cups of dry