- church mouse
- nouna fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll• Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional animal
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church mouse nounA mouse inhabiting a church, a proverbial example of poverty• • •Main Entry: ↑church
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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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
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
