What Does “as poor as a church mouse” mean?
Definition:
If someone is as poor as a church mouse they are extremely poor.
An other similar phrase is hungry as a church mouse.
The phrase is derived from the fact that church buildings don’t store or provide food and therefore mice in such buildings were utterly destitute.
Example(s)
He is as poor as a church mouse; don’t ask him to donate anything.
This idiom is in the religion category.
