落らく魄はくの身み

expression, noun

reduced circumstances; fallen into poverty

A literary set phrase describing a person who has come down in the world, often used in narrative or reflective contexts.

• 彼かれは落らく魄はくの身みとなり、故こ郷きょうを離はなれた。

  He fell into reduced circumstances and left his hometown.

• 落らく魄はくの身みであっても、彼かれは誇ほこりを失うしなわなかった。

  Even in his fallen state, he did not lose his pride.