poor as a church mouse
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poor as a church mouse
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Alteration of earlier hungry as a church mouse, from the fact that Catholic and Orthodox priests are called to scrupulously prevent any crumb of the sacrament of Eucharist (the bread which is understood to be Christ's body) from falling on the altar or to the ground, meaning that church mice had no crumbs to feed on. This phrase seems to be a corruption of the even earlier expression “as quiet as a church mouse” from the 1300s.
tính từ
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Very poor, to the point of starving or begging; utterly destitute.
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Tương tự: poor as a rat, poor as Job, almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, broke, broken, broker than the Ten Commandments
Bản dịch
- very poor: nghèo rớt mồng tơi
Mọi ngôn ngữ
adj very poor
| Español | más pobre que una rata |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 教会のネズミのように貧しい kyōkai-no nezumi-no yōni mazushii, 非常に貧しい hijō-ni mazushii |
| 中文 | 一貧如洗 /一贫如洗 yīpínrúxǐ |
| Português | paupérrimo |
| Français | gueux comme un rat d'église, pauvre comme Job |
| Deutsch | arm wie eine Kirchenmaus |
| Italiano | povero in canna |
| Ελληνικά | πάμφτωχος pámftochos, ζάφτωχος záftochos, δεν έχει μία den échei mía |
| Русский | бе́дный как церко́вная мышь bédnyj kak cerkóvnaja myšʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nghèo rớt mồng tơi |
Trò chuyện về từ này "poor as a church mouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/poor%20as%20a%20church%20mouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. poor as a church mouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/poor%20as%20a%20church%20mouse "poor as a church mouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/poor%20as%20a%20church%20mouse.Trích dẫn
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title = {poor as a church mouse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poor%20as%20a%20church%20mouse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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