كيف تنطق "poor as church mice"

expression

POOR az CHURCH mys

PAW az CHURCH mys

التعريف

Describes someone who has very little or no money, emphasizing extreme poverty in a figurative, often gentle or humorous way.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈpuɹ/ /ˈæz/, /ˈɛz/ /ˈtʃɝtʃ/ /ˈmaɪs

الإنجليزية البريطانية

pˈɔː/ /ˈæs/ /tʃˈɜːtʃ/ /mˈaɪs

أمريكي

POOR az CHURCH mys

بريطاني

PAW az CHURCH mys

After losing his job, Tom was poor as church mice.

They lived poor as church mice for years.

When I was a student, I was poor as church mice.

We didn’t have a cent to our name—honestly, we were poor as church mice back then.