“窮”是一種病啊，你知道不同程度的窮怎麼說嗎？
poor
貧窮的，拮据的
dirt poor= extremely poor
極度貧窮的，極貧困的
既可以形容人，
也可以用來形容某個地方很窮。
"窮到吃土”就是這個意思了。
Those women are from dirt poor families.
那些女性來自貧困家庭。
That actress may be wealthy now, but she was dirt-poor as a child.
那位女演員現在可能很富有，但她小時候卻一貧如洗。
badly off
窮困的，拮据的
We aren't too badly off but we can't afford a luxury trip like that.
我們不是那麼窮，但是我們負擔不起一次這麼奢侈的旅行。
比較級：worse off / worst off
反義：well off（比較級：better off）
a well-off family
富裕家庭
She's much better off than me.
她比我有錢多了。
make both ends meet
勉強維持生計
Many entry-level employees struggle to make both ends meet.
很多初入職場的員工只能勉強維持開銷。
With the high cost of living, it's tough to make ends meet.
因為生活成本太高了，我們有點入不敷出。
We are in a lot of debt，but we are still managing to make ends meet.
雖然我們背了很多貸款，但是我們生活還過得去。
poverty
n.貧窮，貧困
Many people live in poverty.
許多人生活於貧困之中。
poverty line
貧困線
My family were living below the poverty line when I was little.
我很小的時候，我們家生活在貧困線以下。
In China, most people born in the 1950s were living below the poverty line.
在中國，大多數1950年代出生的人以前都生活在貧困線以下。
poverty-stricken
一貧如洗的
poverty-stricken families
一貧如洗的家庭
have seen / known better days
窮困潦倒，曾經輝煌
The restaurant has seen better days.
這個飯店曾經生意很好。
be flat broke
非常窮
flat=dead=so=very
很/非常
broke [broʊk] adj. 沒錢; 囊中羞澀; 破產
broke 表示：“一文不名、破產的" (completely run out of money)，也是大家所熟知的最高頻率的常見用法。
I'm broke.
我窮到破產。
Can I borrow 10 dollars?I'm broke until payday.
能借我10美元嗎？我一個子兒也沒有，有等發工資了。
Have you ever seen the<2 Broken Girls>, I am as broke as Max right now.
你看過《破產姐妹》嗎？現在的我跟Max一樣窮。
not have a bean
bean [biːn]
n. 豆; 菜豆; 豆莢; 豆科植物;
v. 擊中(某人)頭部
但在這裡可不是豆子的意思，也不是擊中、敲中的意思，而是指毫無價值的東西。
I don't have a bean.
我連一個子兒都沒了。
(形容一毛錢都沒有)
It doesn't cost a bean.
這一分錢也不用花。
hand to mouth
[ˌhænd tə ˈmaʊθ]
n. 勉強餬口
人在特別餓的時候，但凡有食物在眼前，手一抓就往嘴裡送
live from hand to mouth來形容一種狀態，表示“生活窘困，日子過得緊巴巴”
I live from hand to mouth.
窮到勉強能吃上飯。
We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from.
我們日子過得緊緊巴巴的，從來是吃了上頓沒下頓。
更多英文句型表達
✅My pockets are empty.
我的口袋空空，沒錢。
(窮的委婉說法)
✅I'm flatter than a pancake.
我比煎餅還平。(字面意思)
形容一個人真的很窮。(習語)
✅I don't have a dollar to my name.
我的名下一美金都沒有。
(a dollar可以替換成a penny 便士 / a cent 分)
✅I'm penniless.
我分無分文。
✅I'm as poor as a church mouse.
我一貧如洗。
✅I've maxed out my credit card.
我已經刷爆了信用卡。
✅超過5美分的活動別找我！
Count me out if the activity costs over 5 cents.
✅控制慾望，從我做起~
I will control myself and not shop too much.
✅新晉貧窮大賽形象代言人
I'm the poster child for the broke person's competition.
✅.大家走路都小心點兒，別踩著我要吃的土了~
Be careful not to step on the soil that I'm going to eat.
✅. 猶豫就會敗北，不猶豫就敗家！
If you hesitate, you will miss out on deals. If you're decisive, you will overspend.
