Idiom
poor as a rat
Meaning
Synonym of poor as a church mouse.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He has no money and is as poor as a rat.”
“After losing his job and his savings, he found himself as poor as a rat, struggling to pay for basic groceries.”
“Despite his noble family name, he lived in a tiny attic apartment, remaining as poor as a rat while he pursued his artistic ambitions.”
Examples
simple
“He has no money and is as poor as a rat.”
contextual
“After losing his job and his savings, he found himself as poor as a rat, struggling to pay for basic groceries.”
complex
“Despite his noble family name, he lived in a tiny attic apartment, remaining as poor as a rat while he pursued his artistic ambitions.”
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