青黄不接

1.Green and yellow have not joined -- a new crop has not yet come.; (The granary is nearly empty) but the new crop is not yet ripe.; food shortage between two harvests.; temporary shortage; The new crop is [has] not yet come in.; (It was the period of the spring shortage), when last season's crops were almost eaten up and the new ones were not yet ripe.; short of food before the new harvest; When the crop is still in the blade, the old stock is already consumed.; when the new crop is still in the blade and the old one is all consumed