托福詞匯:As poor as a church mouse

字面理解：像教堂里的老鼠一樣貧窮

英文解釋?zhuān)簐ery poor

中文意思：非常貧窮

例句：Nobody can imagine that Mr. Wang, the richest man in the city, was as poor as a church mouse when he was twenty.

沒(méi)人會(huì)想到：本市最有錢(qián)的王先生在他20歲時(shí)，只是一個(gè)窮小子。

典故：中世紀(jì)的西方教堂里是沒(méi)有放食物的柜子和儲(chǔ)物室的，所以住在那里的老鼠總是挨餓。后來(lái)，老鼠就成了“貧窮”的象征。