poor as a church mouse
11church-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… …
12poor — poorness, n. /poor/, adj., poorer, poorest, n. adj. 1. having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare. 2. Law. dependent upon charity or public support. 3. (of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly… …
13poor — /pɔ / (say paw) adjective 1. having little or nothing in the way of wealth, goods, or means of subsistence. 2. (of a country, institution, etc.) meagrely supplied or endowed with resources or funds. 3. (of the circumstances, life, home, dress,… …
14poor — 1. adjective /pɔə,pʊə,pɔː(ɹ),pɔr,pʊr/ a) With little or no possessions or money. We were so poor that we couldnt afford shoes. b) Of low quality. That was a poor performance. Syn: impoverished, wealthless …
15poor as a rat — (also poor as a church mouse, poor as job) Very poor, extremely poor, destitute …
16poor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent (see poverty); inferior, faulty, unsatisfactory, imperfect, defective; humble; weak, flimsy. See insufficiency, imperfection, disease.Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking …
17as poor as Job — very poor, poor as a church mouse …
18Cat and Mouse in Partnership — is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale.PlotA cat and a mouse decide to keep house together. In times of need they bought a pot of fat and put it in the church where it would be safe. After a little while the cat yearned for the fat and made up an excuse… …
19Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin — For other uses, see Christ Church Cathedral (disambiguation). Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, commonly known as Christ Church, Dublin …
20in the poorhouse — poor, having little money, as poor as a church mouse In 1936, they were in the poorhouse. They couldn t grow crops, and nobody had a job …
