- poor\ as\ a\ church\ mouse
- adj. phr. informalPenniless; broke; extremely poor.
The newly arrived boat people were poor as church mice.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
poor\ as\ a\ church\ mouse
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poor as a church mouse — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Penniless; broke; extremely poor. * /The newly arrived boat people were poor as church mice./ … Dictionary of American idioms
poor as a church mouse — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Penniless; broke; extremely poor. * /The newly arrived boat people were poor as church mice./ … Dictionary of American idioms
poor as a church mouse — If someone is as poor as a church mouse, they are very poor indeed … The small dictionary of idiomes
poor as a church mouse — (as) poor as a church mouse (or as church mice) extremely poor … Useful english dictionary
poor as a church mouse — adjective Very poor to a point of starving or begging. Im poor as a church mouse, but I wake up a happy man … Wiktionary
poor as a church mouse — See as poor as a church mouse … English idioms
poor as a church mouse — extremely poor, having no money at all … English contemporary dictionary
poor as a church mouse — See poor as a rat … New dictionary of synonyms
as poor as a church mouse — very poor, having little, the wolf is at the door How can they refuse to help her? She s as poor as a church mouse … English idioms
church-mouse — «CHURCH MOWS», noun, plural mice. 1. a mouse supposed to live in a church, where there is nothing for it to eat: »poor as a churchmouse. 2. Figurative. a very poor person: »He told me that before he asked me to marry him. We d be church mice, he… … Useful english dictionary
