为人作嫁

[busy oneself with helping other people;fools lade water and wise men catch the fish;slave for others with no benefit to oneself as one who sews sb. else's trousseau] 贫穷女子常为富家女出嫁作衣。比喻徒然替他人辛苦出力

见“ 为他人作嫁衣裳 ”。