dirt poor
adjective
USuk/ˌdɜːt ˈpɔːr/us/ˌdɝːt ˈpʊr/very poor:
非常贫穷的，赤贫的In thetinytownwhere Igrewup, myfamilyand most ofourneighborswere dirt poor.在我长大的小镇上，我家和大多数邻居当时都处于赤贫状态。
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Simmons says the family wasdirtpoor, scraping by on bread and milk.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bowden described being met by warmth and elaborate courtesy by the two released men, who he described as uneducated, unworldly, anddirtpoor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She has described her family as beingdirtpoor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He would later say he wasdirtpoorand that as late as 1951 the family did not own a telephone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While they live in opulence, the destitute anddirtpoorlive nearby in crowded, filthy tenements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We were alldirtpoor, and he was the only one who had money.
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