Como Pronunciar "poor as church mice"
expression
POOR az CHURCH mys
PAW az CHURCH mys
Definição
Describes someone who has very little or no money, emphasizing extreme poverty in a figurative, often gentle or humorous way.
Transcrição IPA
Inglês Americano
ˈpuɹ/ /ˈæz/, /ˈɛz/ /ˈtʃɝtʃ/ /ˈmaɪs
Inglês Britânico
pˈɔː/ /ˈæs/ /tʃˈɜːtʃ/ /mˈaɪs
Pronúncia Simplificada
EUA
POOR az CHURCH mys
UK
PAW az CHURCH mys
Ouça em Contexto
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.