poor as a church mouse

poor as a church mouse
((as) poor as a church mouse (as a rat или as Job, амер. разг. as Job's turkey, австрал. разг. as a bandicoot, as a fowl, as wood))
беден как церковная мышь (или крыса), беден как Иов [as poor as Job этим. библ. The Book of Job]

‘They haven't anything, have they?’ ‘No,’ returned Jessica, ‘They're poor as church mice.’ (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. IX) — - У них, я слыхала, ничего нет за душой. - Конечно, нет. Эти люди бедны как церковные мыши, - ответила Джессика.

The Dalmatians... were miserable Immigrants - poorer than Job's turkey. (J. London, ‘The Valley of the Moon’, book III, ch. V) — Вначале далматы были жалкими и нищими переселенцами.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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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 — adj. phr. informal Penniless; broke; extremely poor. The newly arrived boat people were poor as church mice …   Словарь американских идиом

  • 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


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