仰ㄧㄤˇyǎng屋ㄨwū興ㄒㄧㄥxīng嘆ㄊㄢˋtàn

抬頭仰望屋頂，發出嘆息。形容人無計可施的情狀。如：「手頭一向不寬裕的大舅家，面對如此龐大的醫藥費，也只有仰屋興嘆。」也作「仰屋竊歎」。似對天長嘆、長吁短嘆

英to stare at the ceiling in despair, to find no way out, nothing you can do about it, at the end of one's wits