"So poor I had a tumbleweed as a pet" nghĩa là gì?

"So poor I had a tumbleweed as a pet" = nghèo nên chỉ có "cỏ cây hoa lá" là bạn thôi -> nghĩa là bần cùng, túng thiếu.

Ví dụ

He was so poor he had a tumbleweed as a pet, when he left office he had to borrow money to move. Later, he invested in oil and became enormously wealthy.

We were so poor I had a tumbleweed as a pet. “We didn’t actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure (tiêu dùng).” – Keith Davis

For a state priding itself on outlandish living standards and outsized behavior, Royal kept a black-and-white profile as the coach of Texas football. Fortunately for him, Royal spoke only in technicolor. I was so poor that I had a tumbleweed as a pet. If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em. You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish. Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones. Three things can happen when you pass, and two of 'em are bad.*

Bài trước: "Hasn’t got a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of" nghĩa là gì?