How to Pronounce "poor as church mice"
expression
POOR az CHURCH mys
PAW az CHURCH mys
Definition
Describes someone who has very little or no money, emphasizing extreme poverty in a figurative, often gentle or humorous way.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈpuɹ/ /ˈæz/, /ˈɛz/ /ˈtʃɝtʃ/ /ˈmaɪs
British English
pˈɔː/ /ˈæs/ /tʃˈɜːtʃ/ /mˈaɪs
Simplified Pronunciation
US
POOR az CHURCH mys
UK
PAW az CHURCH mys
Listen in Context
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.