"As poor as a church mouse" nghĩa là gì?
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'As poor as a church mouse' nghĩa là nghèo xơ nghèo xác (very poor to a point of starving or begging).
Ví dụ
My Auntie Dorothy was as poor as a church mouse, but used to make a weekly pilgrimage there to buy her Sunday roast.
Massow grew up “as poor as a church mouse” in Brighton and was put up for adoption aged 12 following his parents' divorce.
Carey, son of a hospital porter, worked for the electricity board and relied on the welfare state when he was as poor as a church mouse.
I'm as poor as a church mouse, that's just had an enormous tax bill on the very day his wife ran off with another mouse, taking all the cheese.
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