“四面楚歌”，汉语成语，形容人们遭受各方面攻击或逼迫的人事环境，而致陷于孤立窘迫的境地，可以翻译为“be surrounded by enemies on all sides; be under attack from all directions; be utterly isolated”。

例句：

在这四面楚歌的情况下，他没有别的办法，只好暂时放弃他的计划。

Finding himself under fire from all quarters, he had no alternative but to abandon his scheme for the time being.