be poor as a church rat

Submitted by robert4289 on 2013-06-09

Idiomatic translations of "be poor as a church rat"

Arabic
مفلس
Arabic
على الحضيض
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Croatian
Siromašan kao crkveni miš
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Danish
at være fattig som en kirkerotte
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Danish
Fattig som en kirkerotte
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Danish
ikke have/eje salt til et æg
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English
as poor as a church mouse
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Finnish
Perse Auki
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French
Sur la paille
German
arm wie eine Kirchenmaus
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German
arm wie eine Kirchenmaus sein
German
bettelarm / arm wie eine Kirchenmaus
Hungarian
Szegény, mint a templom egere
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Italian
Essere povero in canna/ un morto di fame; avere le pezze al culo; non riuscire a mettere insieme pranzo e cena
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Italian
povero in canna
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Kurdish (Sorani)
وەکو مشکی کڵێسا هەژارە
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Pashto
دومره مالګه نشته چې دم یې کړې
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Romanian
[a fi] pe sponci
Russian
На мели
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Russian
Бедный, как церковная мышь
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Serbian
nemati pet para
Slovak
byť chudobný ako kostolná myš
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Spanish
Más pobre que una rata de iglesia
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Spanish
no tener donde caerse / caer muerto
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Spanish
Ser pobre como una rata
Swedish
vara fattig som en kyrkråtta
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Turkish
beş parasız olmak
Turkish
culsuz olmak
Turkish
bir lokma yiyecege muhtac olmak
Ukrainian
бідний як церковна миша
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Ukrainian
Бідний як мак начетверо
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Meanings of "be poor as a church rat"

English

Poor as a church mouse

When Someone or a family has nothing, very poor
For example : My friend is as poor as a church mouse.

Explained by PaintcomicPaintcomic on Mon, 16/12/2013 - 11:14
Explained by PaintcomicPaintcomic
"Poor as a church mouse" is used in the US, not "rat". - ϕιλομαθής 5 years ago
Serbian

Biti jako siromašan

Explained by ab_cd123ab_cd123 on Sat, 15/06/2013 - 17:48
Explained by ab_cd123ab_cd123