Nghĩa là gì:
land poor
land poor /'lænd'puə/- tính từ
- có đất mà vẫn túng (vì đất xấu, sưu cao thuế nặng...)
land poor Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
as poor as a church mouse
very poor, having little, the wolf is at the door How can they refuse to help her? She's as poor as a church mouse.
in the poorhouse
poor, having little money, as poor as a church mouse In 1936, they were in the poorhouse. They couldn't grow crops, and nobody had a job.
piss poor
of poor quality, not well made "Grandpa said, ""That's a piss-poor tractor. Don't buy it."""
poor as a church mouse
(See as poor as a church mouse)
poor house
(See in the poorhouse)
poor but clean
Idiom(s): poor but clean
Theme: SOCIAL - ACCEPTABLE
having little money but clean and of good habits, nonetheless. (Either offensive or jocular.)
• My salary isn't very high, and I only have two color TV sets. Anyway, I’m poor hut clean.
• When Fred uttered the phrase poor but clean in reference to some of the people working in the yard, Ellen went into a rage.
in poor taste
Idiom(s): in bad taste AND in poor taste
Theme: RUDENESS
rude; vulgar; obscene.
• Mrs. Franklin felt that your joke was in bad taste.
• We found the play to be in poor taste, so we walked out in the middle of the second act.
A poor man's something
Something or someone that can be compared to something or someone else, but is not as good is a poor man's version; a writer who uses lots of puns but isn't very funny would be a poor man's Oscar Wilde.
Root hog or die poor
(USA) It's a expression used in the Southern USA that means that you must look out for yourself as no one's going to do it for you. (It can be shortened to 'root hog'. A hog is a pig.)
to be as poor as church mice
"His family have always been as poor as church mice." cùng kiệt đất
Sở có một lượng lớn đất bất sinh lợi và bất có biện pháp duy trì hoặc hết dụng độ phì nhiêu của nó. Người chồng ngu ngốc của tui đã sử dụng trước tiết kiệm của chúng tui để mua một khu đất lớn ở phía tây, và kết quả là chúng tui đã cùng kiệt đất trong 10 năm qua .. Xem thêm:
An land poor idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with land poor, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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