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1 miserable as a bandicoot
австрал.; разг.жалкий, несчастный [этим. см. balmy as a bandicoot]‘Hiya, Blue?’ she said, stepping in. ‘Miserable as a bandicoot.’ (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Friday III’) — - Ну как живешь, Блю? - спросила она, войдя и лифт. - Хуже всех.
‘Jimmy hung round the pub as miserable as a bandicoot,’ Jo said. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Patch and Colour’, ‘Jimble’) — Джо сказал, что Джимми околачивался возле пивной и вид у него был очень несчастный.
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2 bandicoot
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3 poor as a church mouse
((as) poor as a church mouse (as a rat или as Job, амер. разг. as Job's turkey, австрал. разг. as a bandicoot, as a fowl, as wood))беден как церковная мышь ( или крыса), беден как Иов [as poor as Job этим. библ. The Book of Job]‘They haven't anything, have they?’ ‘No,’ returned Jessica, ‘They're poor as church mice.’ (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. IX) — - У них, я слыхала, ничего нет за душой. - Конечно, нет. Эти люди бедны как церковные мыши, - ответила Джессика.
The Dalmatians... were miserable Immigrants - poorer than Job's turkey. (J. London, ‘The Valley of the Moon’, book III, ch. V) — Вначале далматы были жалкими и нищими переселенцами.
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