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church mouse[tʃ'ə:tʃ maus] n fig pobretão. poor as a church mouse pobríssimo, paupérrimo. -
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[ʹtʃɜ:tʃmaʋs] n (pl -mice)1) церковная мышь2) бедняк♢
poor as a church-mouse - беден как церковная мышь; без гроша за душой -
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > church-mouse
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1) Общая лексика: бедняк, церковная мышь2) Табуированная лексика: гомосексуалист, часто посещающий церкви во время службы, чтобы "потискаться" -
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['tʃɜːtʃmaʊs]Общая лексика: бедняк, церковная мышь -
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English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > poor as a church mouse
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((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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(as) poor as a church mouse (as Job; as Lazarus; as rat) голий як церковна миша; голий, як бубон; бідний, як мак начетвероEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > (as) poor as a church mouse
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бeдeн кaк цepкoвнaя мышь (или кpыca)'They haven't anything have they?' 'No,' returned Jessica, 'they're poor as church mice' (Th. Dreiser)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > (as) poor as a church mouse
См. также в других словарях:
church-mouse — «CHURCH MOWS», noun, plural mice. 1. a mouse supposed to live in a church, where there is nothing for it to eat: »poor as a churchmouse. 2. Figurative. a very poor person: »He told me that before he asked me to marry him. We d be church mice, he… … Useful english dictionary
church mouse — noun a fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional animal * * * church mouse noun A mouse inhabiting a church, a proverbial example of poverty • • • Main Entry: ↑church … Useful english dictionary
poor as a church mouse — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Penniless; broke; extremely poor. * /The newly arrived boat people were poor as church mice./ … Dictionary of American idioms
poor as a church mouse — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Penniless; broke; extremely poor. * /The newly arrived boat people were poor as church mice./ … Dictionary of American idioms
poor as a church mouse — If someone is as poor as a church mouse, they are very poor indeed … The small dictionary of idiomes
poor as a church mouse — (as) poor as a church mouse (or as church mice) extremely poor … Useful english dictionary
poor as a church mouse — adjective Very poor to a point of starving or begging. Im poor as a church mouse, but I wake up a happy man … Wiktionary
as poor as a church mouse — very poor, having little, the wolf is at the door How can they refuse to help her? She s as poor as a church mouse … English idioms
poor as a church mouse — See as poor as a church mouse … English idioms
Church Warnemünde — Church from the south The Church Warnemünde is a neogothic building in Warnemünde, which is a part of the hanseatic city of Rostock. 1866 began the construction of the current brick building in Warnemünde and in 1871 the church was ordained. The… … Wikipedia
church — O.E. cirice church, public place of worship, Christians collectively, from W.Gmc. *kirika (Cf. O.S. kirika, O.N. kirkja, O.Fris. zerke, M.Du. kerke, O.H.G. kirihha, Ger. Kirche), from Gk. kyriake (oikia), kyriakon doma Lord s (house), from kyrios … Etymology dictionary