poor as a church mouse

Meaning

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(simile) Very poor, to the point of starving or begging; utterly destitute.

Synonyms: poor as a rat, poor as Job; see also Thesaurus:impoverished

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

poor as a church-mouse

Synonyms

impecunious boracic necessitous stone-broke stony-broke unmoneyed

Antonyms

loaded flush moneyed propertied well-off

Words in the phrase

poor as a church mouse

Close letter words and terms

poor appetite poor area poor argument poor as a job's turkey poor as a rat poor as Job