be in the poorhouse

1. dated Literally, to live in a publicly-maintained institution for those who are poor. People aren't actually 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 be in the poorhouse!

词组	be in the poorhouse
释义	be in the poorhouse be in the poorhouse 1. dated Literally, to live in a publicly-maintained institution for those who are poor. People aren't actually 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 be in the poorhouse! See also: poorhouse Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: poorhouse end up in the poorhouse in the poorhouse literally (one) must have killed a Chinaman Chinaman cut off from the (outside) world big boned (the) survival of the fittest beat/scare the daylights out of somebody
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