be as poor as church mice

To have little or no money. Now that we're paying a mortgage, we're as poor as church mice. We've been poor as church mice ever since the bank raised the interest rates on our mortgage. He's poor as a church mouse now because he squandered his inheritance on lavish, unnecessary purchases.

See also: church, mice, poor

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church
churchmouse
(as) poor as a church mouse
darken a church door
poor
keep your rosaries off my ovaries
autem diver
diver
divers
autem prickear

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