the victim of one's own success; lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom); tied down by reputation and wealth
名和利像缰绳和锁链,会把人束缚住。
联合式;作宾语、定语;比喻名利束缚人
缰:缰绳。比喻名利束缚人就象缰绳和锁链一样。
宋·柳永《夏云峰》词:“向此免名缰利锁,虚费光阴。”
我们原系方外闲人,逍遥散淡,无束无拘,又何名缰利锁之不能解脱耶。 ◎明·许仲琳《封神演义》第八十回