A church mouse

一贫如洗

【说明】教堂生活清贫,那里的老鼠也没什么油水,所以用 church mouse 比喻"赤贫的人",因为他们像教堂的老鼠般常常要挨饿

【例句】1.He's a real church mouse! Even the dogs lead a better life than him. 他真的一贫如洗，生活潦倒得连狗都不如. 2.Mr. Zhang is now one of the richest men in town.Nobody could imagine that he was a church mousewhen he first came to Hong Kong. 今天张先生是香港屈指可数的巨富,没有人会想到他初到香港时,只是个一无所有的人。