end up in the poorhouse

1. dated Literally, to begin living in a publicly-maintained institution for those who are poor. People don't actually end up in the poorhouse anymore—this isn't Dickensian England.

2. By extension, to have no money. Usually used hyperbolically. With a mortgage payment that high, you guys will end up in the poorhouse!

See also: end, poorhouse, up

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

be in the poorhouse
poorhouse
in the poorhouse
literally
Chinaman
(one) must have killed a Chinaman
at the buzzer
buzzer
cut off from the (outside) world
blow smoke

References in periodicals archive

"That instilled in me at an early age: Don't end up in the poorhouse. But the older I get, the less I worry about it."

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