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dirt-poorIn a condition of extreme poverty.Rate it:

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hand-to-mouthInvolving immediate consumption with no provision for the future; having barely enough to survive, being close to povertyRate it:

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Keep the Wolf from the DoorTo avoid circumstances leading to poverty and starvationRate it:

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rags to richesIn a biographical context, from poverty to exceptional wealth.Rate it:

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笑貧不笑娼lit. despising poverty but not prostitutionRate it:

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ad egestatem, ad inopiam (summam omnium rerum) redigito be reduced to (abject) poverty.Rate it:

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aliquem ex paupere divitem facereto raise a man from poverty to wealth.Rate it:

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fail at lifeTo be or become trapped in poverty, or in a situation where someone is not doing anything productive with their lives; to become a loser.Rate it:

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in egestate esse, versarito live in poverty, destitution.Rate it:

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inopia verborumpoverty of expression.Rate it:

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keep the wolf from the doorTo ward off poverty or hunger.Rate it:

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land poorIn a condition of poverty as a result of inability to meet tax payments or other financial requirements for one's land holdings.Rate it:

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pauvreté n'est pas vicePoverty is no crime.Rate it:

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Poor as a Church MouseTo be in very poor condition, poverty- strickenRate it:

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quand il n'y a pas de foin au râtelier, les chevaux se battentWhen poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.Rate it:

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qui paye ses dettes s'enrichitDebt is the worst kind of poverty.Rate it:

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vitam in egestate degereto live in poverty, destitution.Rate it:

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笑貧不笑娼the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer povertyRate it:

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