Fuente de la expresión
Termbank
Estructura completa
to be as poor as church mice
Contexto
“Wealth-wise over there, you were either up or you were down. I stayed with a couple who were as poor as church mice, and had to go to their work baths to have a shower, but they were so lovely, so kind.”
Fuente del contexto
The Guardian
Tipo de fuente
newspaper
Autor
Jude Rogers
Título de la fuente
‘We were determined Covid wouldn’t finish us off’: the Welsh choir who sang through the pandemic
Año
2021
Web
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/24/we-were-determined-covid-wouldnt-finish-us-off-the-welsh-choir-who-sang-through-the-pandemic
Observaciones
Se está perdiendo el uso, era mucho más frecuente en el pasado, ahora se usa muy poco por las nuevas generaciones
Idioma
English
Nivel de uso
Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
Marca dialectal
General
Frecuencia
Frecuente