poor\ as\ a\ church\ mouse

poor\ as\ a\ church\ mouse
adj. phr. informal
Penniless; broke; extremely poor.

The newly arrived boat people were poor as church mice.


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  • 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

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  • 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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