| 单词 | not to have two pennies to rub together |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to have two pennies to rub together P7. humorous. not to have two pennies to rub together and variants: to be very poor. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > lack money not to have a penny to bless oneself with1546 not to have two pennies to rub together1827 1827 H. R. Mosse Woman's Wit & Man's Wisdom I. v. 171 Some of them would not be worth any two of his gracious majesty's coins to rub together if their debts were paid. 1838 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Greece, Turkey, Russia II. iv. 69 Young men who have not two rubles to rub together will bet thousands. 1929 M. de la Roche Whiteoaks vii. 98 George, like Finch, was always hard up. Sometimes they had not between them two coins to rub together. 1977 K. O'Hara Ghost of Thomas Penry xvii. 172 I've known Mrs Bathhurst without two pennies to rub together, and always..concerned about others. 2008 Observer 26 Oct. 33/1 Peter Mandelson has more than two euros to rub together. < as lemmas |
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