汉淮阴侯韩信于微贱时,曾受淮阴无赖少年的侮辱,迫他由胯下爬出。典出史记・卷九十二・淮阴侯传。后比喻人未显达时,被人鄙视、讥笑,遭受耻辱。如:“他当年能忍胯下之辱,虚心求进,今天才能有此番成就。”
英语 humiliation of being forced to crawl between another's legs