"poor as church mice" 怎么发音
expression
POOR az CHURCH mys
PAW az CHURCH mys
释义
Describes someone who has very little or no money, emphasizing extreme poverty in a figurative, often gentle or humorous way.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈpuɹ/ /ˈæz/, /ˈɛz/ /ˈtʃɝtʃ/ /ˈmaɪs
英式英语
pˈɔː/ /ˈæs/ /tʃˈɜːtʃ/ /mˈaɪs
简化发音
美式
POOR az CHURCH mys
英式
PAW az CHURCH mys
语境中听
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.