虱子多了不痒,债多了不愁

shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu

lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying)

fig. to be past worrying (about sth)

shī

louse

zi

noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

duō

many; much; more; a lot of

le

(completed action marker)

no; not so

yǎng

to itch

,

zhài

debt

duō

many; much; more; a lot of

le

(completed action marker)

no; not so

chóu

to worry about