缺衣少食

缺 = 夬 + 缶 : Cupid (qu) has almost all pottery pots (缶) of a collection of twelve, but the seventh piece is missing (缺). He asks a crystal ball (夬) I'm front of the elevator (e1): where is the missing piece? The crystal ball replies that he smashed it when he came back totally drunk the night before.

衣 = 𧘇 + 亠 : Mnemonic symbol: kilt.

衣 = 𧘇 + 亠 : In front of the space station, Maud Younger doesn't have a wardrobe, but just a step ladder. It's still enough for her kilt though, which she can just put over the ladder so that it doesn't lose its form, and her beret, which she puts on top of the ladder.

少 = 丿 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face.

There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.

食 = 亽 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.