プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
おちぶれる【落ちぶれる】
be reduced to poverty; come down in the world
- 落ちぶれた一家
a family in reduced circumstances／a family which has fallen on hard times (▼前者はやや古風な表現) - 彼は物乞いをするほどに落ちぶれた
He was reduced to the point of begging. - あんな人に頭を下げなければならないなんて，私も落ちぶれたもんだ
I have fallen dreadfully low to have to kowtow to someone like him.