赤贫如洗 meaning in English
(形容穷得一无所有) as poor as if everything had been washed clean; poverty-stricken; in extreme [abject] poverty; (as) poor as a church mouse [as a rat]; (as) poor as job
Examples
- Can a wretch who wanders about , who works and starves , whose life is a continual scene of sore affliction or pinching penury ; can that man call england or any other kingdom his country
一个到处流浪的可怜人，一个终日辛劳却还忍饥挨饿的人，一个总是生活在痛苦或赤贫如洗的境遇里的人，会把英国或其它王国称作自己的国家吗？