Expressions (A–Z)
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Poor from deeds
See: "Poor from deeds"
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Poverty follows the poor / misery loves company
Poverty pursues the poor. A proverb emphasizing the difficulty of escaping the c...
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Reproach of Famine/ the shame of famine
Extreme poverty and severe lack of food, to the point of starvation. ("Reproach"...
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The Pains of Poverty / Pedantry/ excessive show of precision
The pains of poverty or destitution. Or: strictness regarding a small monetary e...
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The pains of poverty tend to unbalance a man
Petty strictness about insignificant matters or any small financial expense can...
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The poor man thought of a quantity.
By metaphor: the life of the poor is much harder and full of sorrow. 'His life i...
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There is no poverty except in knowledge
A truly poor person is one who lacks education. Poverty of spirit is the real po...
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There is nothing in the world harder than poverty
There is no hardship in life greater than the difficulties of poverty, which inc...
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To become very poor/be impoverished/ down to one's last crust
He arrived at a situation that was so difficult that he had no food to survive.
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To drive the mind mad
Caused the mind to go mad. To drive insane. Prevented the ability to think clear...
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