一贫如洗 meaning in English
(as) poor as job; be destitute of; be desperately poor; be in utter destitution; be (down) on one's uppers; be reduced to a state of poverty; be reduced to dire poverty; live in dire poverty; not a feather to fly with; not have a shirt to one's back; own nothing but one's naked skin; penniless; poor and bare to the bones; poor as a church mouse; poverty-stricken; so very poor as though everything has been washed away by a flood; be stripped bare
Examples
- He is as poor as a church mouse .
他一贫如洗。 - I have absolutely no money .
我一贫如洗。 - Here am i living from hand to moutha needy adventure .
我这里只能勉强糊口当一个一贫如洗的冒险者。 - I am flat broke .
我一贫如洗。 - When we are isolated and poor, we are not infrequently forgotten .
当我们一贫如洗，离群索居的时候，往往是没人想到我们的。