| 单词 | as poor as a church mouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas poor as a church mouse Used in comparisons, similes, and proverbial phrases, esp. in as poor as a church mouse: very poor, impoverished. ΚΠ 1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 13/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια As hungry as a Church-mouse. 1682 T. D'Urfey Royalist iv. i. 43 I'll..drill him from Court to Court, till he's as poor as a Church-Mouse, or an honest Attorney. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 420/1 Like church-mouse, half-starved and thin. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 12 Honest fellows who never do any thing but fight, or play, or love, or drink, and who are as poor as church mice. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiii. 195 The young couple are as poor as church mice. 1871 J. Hoskins Life-buoy ii. i, in Brit. Drama 5 252 Getting fat, while your comrades are as lean as church mice. 1905 Current Lit. July 400/2 He had no more pluck than a church mouse. 1963 M. Orr Women must Weep 10 If we didn't talk about Mr. Lincoln and General Lee and the war, we'd sit as silent as church mice. 1991 F. King Ant Colony (1992) x. 78 He's as poor as a church mouse but he still possesses some lovely pieces. < as lemmas |
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