牽腸掛肚的意思：

　　牽：拉。形容十分惦念，放心不下。

　　英文解釋

　　be very worried about;be deeply concerned;be in deep distress and feel anxiety;cause deep personal concern ;

　　【出自】：元·無(wú)名氏《冤家債主》第三折：“可怎生將俺孩兒一時(shí)勾去，害的俺張善友牽腸割肚。”

　　【示例】：人家～的等著，你且高樂去!

　　◎清·曹雪芹《紅樓夢(mèng)》第二十六回

　　【語(yǔ)法】：聯(lián)合式;作謂語(yǔ)、定語(yǔ)、狀語(yǔ);含褒義

　　【拼音】： qiān cháng guà dù

　　【解釋】： 牽：拉。形容十分惦念，放心不下。

　　【出處】： 元·無(wú)名氏《冤家債主》第三折：“可怎生將俺孩兒一時(shí)勾去，害的俺張善友牽腸割肚。”

　　【用法】： 作謂語(yǔ)、定語(yǔ)、狀語(yǔ);指放心不下

　　雙語(yǔ)例句

　　盡量多給家里寫信， 免得你母親牽腸掛肚。

　　Write home as often as possible so as to relieve your mother from anxiety.

　　珍妮特關(guān)于她丈夫的描述是這樣開始的：愛我，關(guān)心我，為我牽腸掛肚。 盡管約翰已經(jīng)有了答案，他卻從不明顯地拿癌癥開玩笑。

　　Even though John always had a ready answer, he never joked about cancer apparently.

　　相對(duì)于私營(yíng)公司，上市公司還必須為短期盈利牽腸掛肚，公司的管理層也不得不對(duì)對(duì)沖基金經(jīng)理和分析師們溜須拍馬。

　　Public companies also have to worry more about short-term earnings than do private companies, and management is required to kiss the butts of hedge fund managers and analysts.