to be as poor as church mice
- Fuente de la expresión
- Termbank
- Estructura completa
- to be as poor as church mice
- Contexto
- “Wealth-wise over there, you were either up or you were down. I stayed with a couple who were as poor as church mice, and had to go to their work baths to have a shower, but they were so lovely, so kind.”
- Fuente del contexto
- The Guardian
- Tipo de fuente
- newspaper
- Autor
- Jude Rogers
- Título de la fuente
- ‘We were determined Covid wouldn’t finish us off’: the Welsh choir who sang through the pandemic
- Año
- 2021
- Web
- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/24/we-were-determined-covid-wouldnt-finish-us-off-the-welsh-choir-who-sang-through-the-pandemic
- Observaciones
- Se está perdiendo el uso, era mucho más frecuente en el pasado, ahora se usa muy poco por las nuevas generaciones
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente