关键词：as poor as a church mouse/as poor as Lazarus 一贫如洗
短语释义：今天的图片上有一座教堂church，旁边有一只老鼠mouse在寻找食物。教堂是教徒们进行宗教活动的地方，没有人在这里吃东西，自然也不会有食品橱。所以老鼠想在教堂里找吃的东西，根本是枉费心机。连吃的东西都没有，教堂里的老鼠当然是非常穷的。所以，人们用(as) poor as a church mouse来表示“穷得像教堂里的老鼠，一贫如洗”。当然还有少部分人用这样的表达：as poor as Lazarus.穷得像拉撒路一样。拉撒路是《圣经》里一个乞丐的名字。后来在西方语言中成为穷人或贫病交加的乞丐的同义语。回顾一下，表示一贫如洗，今天说到的两种表达为：as poor as a church mous或者as poor as Lazarus .其中第一个as可以省略。

情景领悟：
1.I wish I had more money. I'm as poor as a church mouse.
但愿我有多点钱。我真是穷得要命。
2. He spent all his parents' money within two years, and now he's poor as Lazarus.
两年内他把父母留下的钱花了个精光，现在已经一贫如洗了。
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