"poor as church mice" en Chinese (Traditional)

窮得像教堂裡的老鼠

Definición

形容某人非常窮，幾乎沒有錢，通常以比喻、幽默的方式來強調極度貧困。

這是一個非正式用語，常帶有幽默或同情的語氣，並非字面意思，實際與老鼠無關。常用來描述經濟困難：'他們窮得像教堂裡的老鼠'。也可用：'一貧如洗'、'窮困潦倒'。

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

湯姆失業後，**窮得像教堂裡的老鼠**。

They lived poor as church mice for years.

他們多年來一直**窮得像教堂裡的老鼠**。

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

我學生時代**窮得像教堂裡的老鼠**。

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

那時候我們身無分文，真的**窮得像教堂裡的老鼠**。

I’d help if I could, but I’m poor as church mice myself right now.

如果可以我肯定會幫，不過我現在自己也**窮得像教堂裡的老鼠**。

Back in college, my friends and I joked that we were all poor as church mice every month before payday.

大學時，我和朋友們常開玩笑說每次發薪水前我們都**窮得像教堂裡的老鼠**。