Expressions Of Poverty

adjective describing the state of being lacking in wealth or resources

preposition used to compare two things, indicating that they are equally lacking in wealth or resources

article a word that is used with a noun to specify grammatical definiteness of the noun

• Despite his hard work, he remained as poor as a church mouse.
• She's always broke, as poor as a church mouse.
• He's so skint, as poor as a church mouse.
• The small business struggled to make ends meet, as poor as a church mouse.