Without any help
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ú zh ì Zhu ī D ì, which means that there is no place to set up an awl. It means that there is no place even a tiny place.
Notes on Idioms
There's no place for the awl. There is no such thing as a tiny place. Later, it is often described as poverty. The same as "no place to stand".
Idiom usage
As a predicate, attributive, or object; refers to a place without a foothold
Chinese PinYin : wú zhì zhuī dì
Without any help
work shame facedly with one's enemies. tiǎn yán shì chóu