| 单词 | church mouse |
| 例句 | But she said she could never forgive us kids and didn’t want us in her house any longer, even if we stayed in the basement and kept as quiet as church mice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Many of these blacks were as poor as church mice. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But as Ruth says, Madeline has some strange ways about her. From the time she was a child, she was timid as a church mouse.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They seem to think we are Santa Claus, the way the children come around begging us for food and things every single day—and us as poor as church mice! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was as poor as a church mouse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Everybody still poor as church mice, yet more or less content. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, man, I just stopped talking altogether. Quiet as a church mouse.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z In the cash-poor world of poetry, it was like dropping a quivering church mouse into a gourmet cheese emporium. Make kids memorize poetry 2012-06-13T02:00:00Z And it will finally give the church mice some blessed peace and quiet. Orchestra?s New Hall, Finely Tuned 2011-03-07T23:30:22Z Like Ms. Boyle’s first two albums, “I Dreamed a Dream” and “The Gift,” this is a solemn, inspirational collection in which Ms. Boyle suggests a shy lonely church mouse seeking spiritual refuge. New Music From Miranda Lambert and Susan Boyle ? Reviews 2011-10-31T22:17:23Z To avoid being hunted down and killed by the merciless invaders, the few surviving humans on Earth must remain as quiet as church mice. How A Quiet Place became a cause célèbre for anti-popcorn crusaders 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Joe is "poor as a church mouse"; the rowing team were lost in "a whirl of activity"; a "gentle autumn breeze tousled their mostly fair hair." The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown – review 2013-07-13T08:30:11Z Mary is a timid church mouse type with wantonness bubbling behind her swivelling eyes. Grace Dent's world of lather 2010-06-25T23:10:00Z Sundays on Grenada are as quiet as a congregation of church mice; off-season, you can barely even hear them squeak. Spice and everything nice on Grenada “They are as quiet as a church mouse,” said Paul Rowady of Alphacution, a research group that specializes in proprietary trading firms. Who’s Behind the Judicial Overhaul Now Dividing Israel? Two New Yorkers. 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z They were “poor as church mice,” she recalled, and couldn’t afford a baby. Her illegal abortion paved the way for Roe. 56 years later she shares her story 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Former Campbell’s Branch Elementary student Gary Crase grew up “poorer than a church mouse,” he said. Documentary explores photos’ impact on rural students 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z He was “as poor as a church mouse” after the war. Poetry and pretence: the phoney Native American who fooled Bloomsbury set 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z “We were poor as church mice, but we were better because my father said we were better,” Dan Smith said. At 88, he is a historical rarity — the living son of a slave 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z For long stretches, 41 of the the fiercest partisans in the House sat through the professors’ testimony as quietly as church mice. From evidence to law: Impeachment saga shifts to new venue 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z “If he was a church mouse and he didn’t say anything, I don’t think that’s the same talent you’re going to see on the football field,” Pollard said. Jalen Ramsey's 'extraordinary' talent and competitiveness were nurtured in hometown 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z For years afterwards, whenever I heard the phrase “in the chips”, I thought it meant poor as a church mouse. 'Age can be a babe magnet': Spinal Tap's Derek Smalls on why old is gold 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Though tiny, the common yellowthroat warbler is no church mouse. Common Yellowthroat Warbler: A Bandit in the Bramble 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z “He was poor as a church mouse back then . . . living in an apartment that I always referred to as dark, stark and cluttered,” said Darcy Troville, a friend from those early days. Bernie Sanders is in with the enemy, some old allies say 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z And everyone was as poor as a church mouse. Paul Mason Doesn't Understand The Difference Between Markets And Capitalism 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z “We were poor as church mice,” Esther said. Nebraska couple celebrating 80 years of marriage 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z But in Shaw's experiment they fell as silent as church mice, when given the opportunity to watch another jay hide its food. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z One day he says he won’t apologize for his success; another day he jokes before a roomful of donors that he’s “poor as a church mouse.” For Romney, wealth means both freedom and a trap 2012-09-30T01:01:00Z Sir Charles himself was as poor as a church mouse, that is taking his position into account. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z "They were of good family--could boast, indeed, of most superior blood--but were as poor as church mice, both." The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z We shall be as poor as church mice, anyhow. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z As poor as church mice, both of us! Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z People are mistaken when they say: 'poor as a church mouse!' On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z Homer was a beggar; Terence was a slave; Tasso was a poor man; Bacon was as poor as a church mouse; Cervantes died of nothing to eat. Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life 2011-08-09T02:00:30.317Z “Aren’t they all as poor as church mice, and isn’t Roger as likely a young man as one would wish to see?” The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z We are as poor as church mice, as thou knowest; the house-owner wants to turn us out of the studio; meanwhile all things may change. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The monks individually are as poor as the proverbial church mouse. The Friars in the Philippines 2011-06-17T02:00:20.100Z Father says he knows Watson’s father and that he’s poorer than a church mouse.” Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z She's an honest body enough, but as poor as a church mouse, and pretty sure to help herself to something before the seals are put on my effects. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Well, he was—but as poor as a church mouse! Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z For all he laboured so hard he was as poor as a church mouse. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z His wife was a feminist and as poor as a church mouse. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Do you know that we are really as poor as church mice? Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Mrs. Saumarez is the widow of a British officer—a fine chap, but poor as a church mouse—and she belongs to a wealthy German family. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Dear me, I wonder how we shall behave if suddenly we should become poor as church mice again. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z "We poor church mice, we have nothing," she laughed. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The Breens are as poor as church mice, and they need food. The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z Academics may be trained to ask tough questions in their own fields, but when confronted with tricky business issues far above their level of expertise they “often become as meek as church mice,” he says. A Fear That Academics Are Distracted Directors 2010-07-31T21:25:00Z The one they call "E" was sleepy-eyed, quieter than church mice, from Woodbridge, Va.. Hayes didn't care that they were polar opposites; he asked to room with Vasquez anyway. Quietly, Eric Hayes has become a crucial contributor for Maryland 2010-03-19T04:00:00Z They cannot marry, because they are both as poor as church mice. A Sister's Love A Novel My departed brother died as poor as a church mouse. The Wish A Novel And there too we found naught, for not only had he no regiment to raise, but was besides a nobleman as poor as a church mouse: and what he had came from his wife. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Fan is as poor as a church mouse already. The Gambler A Novel When he was a lad, about twelve years old, his father, who had been possessed of a handsome property, failed in business, and as Samuel says, "became as poor as a church mouse." The Peddler's Boy Or; I'll Be Somebody Oh, he is a nice fellow enough, but poor as a church mouse. Gertrude's Marriage "No, by Jove! poor as a church mouse," said he, laughing at the strangeness of the question, whose sincere simplicity excluded all notion of impertinence. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day “Oh, it’s only that good-for-nothing of a Lukas who is poorer than a church mouse.” Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Besides, the proverbial church mice would seem rich compared with us. The Pirates of Shan Very good!" said curt Mrs. Ellsworth, smiling, as she continued: "And you are both as poor as church mice; I know that without asking. Dainty's Cruel Rivals The Fatal Birthday I am; and have long been, as poor as a church mouse. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Kynaston's as poor as a church mouse with the tithes unpaid; he has three sons of his own, and not a blessed stiver to leave between them. Miss Cayley's Adventures So are a church mouse's; and, in both cases, the dietary is compulsory. When Ghost Meets Ghost She had been as thin as a church mouse in those days. Absolution Hortense was brushing her hair, and mother said, ‘It would be a good match on the whole for Lady Helen, ’cos she is as poor as a church mouse, and Jim Rochester has money.’ Daddy's Girl Poor as church mice they was in those days. The Side Of The Angels A Novel And, really, I don't see how it can be otherwise, knowing, as I do, that all the members of her family are as poor as church mice. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Of course it is none of my business; but I thought Sir Francis was as poor as a church mouse. Not Like Other Girls "What have I to offer a wife—I'm poor as the proverbial church mouse." A Man of Two Countries Is my darling Lady Helen as poor as a church mouse, and have you lots of money, Mr. Rochester?” Daddy's Girl He was a poor boy, once,—as poor as a church mouse. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life She's as poor as a church mouse, they tell me; and what use can such things be to her? A Little Country Girl We were arrived at the door of his lodgings, a mean house in a shabby neighbourhood, for my Lord was as poor as a church mouse despite his title. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 To be as poor as church mice—that was high life! The Sand-Hills of Jutland I hope you will marry her, more especial if she’s as poor as a church mouse. Daddy's Girl I'm as poor as a church mouse and I'll never be better off until I get a play on the stage. Virginia He!" snapped the other; "my dear, he was as poor as a church mouse, and left Daisy only a hundred a year to live on. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story I am a ruined dicer, as poor as a church mouse. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Even if I am a very rich girl, I’m the sort to always cling to my old friends; and although you are as poor as church mice, you are quite a good sort. Girls of the Forest They will be as poor as church mice, but they do not care, and theirs is the wise economy. The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch Ben's dead—he never made anything out, either—died, I believe, as poor as a church mouse. In the Mayor's Parlour "We've always been as poor as church mice," she continued in a tone of cheerful frankness. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest We were literally as poor as church mice and even poorer, for at least they get churches rent-free. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 And they are as poor as church mice. Miss Mackenzie Aunt Margaret lived in camps for years when she was first married, and they were as poor as church mice. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest But both were poor—poor as church mice; and, just for that reason, the father of Maud did not look very favourably upon the settled love-affair of his daughter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 There is a further little difficulty: I am as poor as a church mouse. The Nebuly Coat Mark, you and Lil Artha watch for a chance to drop down in the bushes, and lie as quiet as church mice till I give the signal, which will be a whistle. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot He has enough money, and I’m not absolutely penniless, though we are as poor as church mice—” “For Heaven’s sake, don’t suggest such a thing!” cried Mrs. Bowring. Adam Johnstone's Son Jules was as "mum as a church mouse," as Elephant called it. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck "The fact is, we're as poor as church mice," said Beatrice one day. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story He teaches, doesn’t he, or lectures or something, and I suppose he is as poor as a church mouse. More About Peggy Why, he’s as poor as a church mouse. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Three—all as poor as church mice too. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life The Hartlefords were poor as church mice, and were not likely to assist a scapegrace, who had dishonoured them. Man and Maid "It is wicked of him to have asked you! he is as poor as a church mouse!" The Village by the River Some people thought he married Matilda because she was one of the Stewart heiresses, and the Drummonds were as poor as church mice. Mary Gray We are poor in Bearn, as poor as church mice; but not so poor that we cannot entertain a friend. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS I've heard of most every kind of an animal's name used for patrols, but never a church mouse. Roy Blakely, Pathfinder We were always so poor, that church mice were plutocrats compared to us. Everyman's Land And the best proof of it is that I have not any property whatever, but I am as poor as a church mouse. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia And Howard Evans and Roger Cranes and a dozen others, all poor as church mice then, and rich as cream now. The Way of the Wind You had better get a basket of nice hothouse fruit for the Miss Duquenes; they are as proud as princesses and as poor as church mice. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. "I am as poor as a church mouse, if you want to know," said Rivington. The Swindler and Other Stories We've been poorer than any church mice since, and trying to make ends meet has occupied our attention from that day to this. The Second Latchkey Poor we be as church mice, an' ye knows that, doesn't ye? The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches I think you are a most romantic little figure, and I'd love to engage you as my companion, only my husband and I are as poor as church mice. The Motor Maid They are poor as church mice, wear the most wretched rags, and stand upon the lowest plane of intelligence possible in a half-civilised country. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 But he was as poor as a church mouse. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts His words might have been finished out, "and laird it, rich and influential, where once I went forth, cadet of a good family, but poorer than a church mouse!" Foes Mother was left with eight children, and we were as poor as church mice. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Energy, ambition talent, were necessarily the standard of admission; and Lincoln, though poor as a church mouse, was as welcome as those who could wear ruffled shirts and carry gold watches. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History But you and I are as poor as church mice, Phil. Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid She's a gallant little person, if ever there was one—and a thoroughbred, though she may be as poor as a church mouse. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular He is poor as a church mouse, and you are not much richer. For Woman's Love "Five girls near an age, Mr. Hill, and all poor as church mice!" she had blithely asserted. The Palace of Darkened Windows "She'll think that I am rich, when I am as poor as a church mouse," said Mrs. Hopkins. The Rebel of the School "I can readily see," he said, "why you'll always be as poor as a church mouse." The Ragged Edge Now do you think Rags ought to resist the daughter of such a house when church mice have long ago cut our acquaintance? Winnie Childs The Shop Girl "Nothing; and I'm as poor as a church mouse," was the reply. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 It could not have been anything mercenary that took the old cat into the pulpit, for "poor as a church mouse" has become proverbial. Around The Tea-Table Billy King, whom she had known all her life, as poor as a church mouse, and the kind of painter whose work will never 'take' if he lives to be a thousand! Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Aunty was as poor as a church mouse until father's death put her at the head of my household--it was mine, Hugh, even if I was only six years old. Nedra He was of the bluest blood in Spain, and a marquis, but poor as a church mouse. Master of His Fate One of them was Char-less Boyle; the other was old Moore, poor as a church mouse, but a genial soul, and really put on the Board as a lubricant between Boyle and Raften. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned "You talk about 'poor as a church mouse.'" The Sunny Side They are poor, poor as church mice, dirty and diseased and decrepit, and their existence as a consequence is dreary and dull and void of all enlightenment. Across China on Foot I dare say she and her brother are as poor as church mice—those aristocrats usually are—and Jean's money will come in useful. Penny Plain I know they were as poor as church mice in Tillbury until Nan came here to school. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways In endowments the college was as poor as a church mouse. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography You’ve heard of the proverbial poverty of the church mouse,—what do you suppose anybody could want to raid a simple little country chapel for? The House of a Thousand Candles "Nonsense, if I were as poor as a church mouse I would marry the woman I love." Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted The governor was rich always afterward, while the judge struggled along with adversity and finally went away from the county poor as a church mouse. Vandemark's Folly Penelope, poor as a church mouse, was almost wholly dependent upon her brother, who in turn owed his present affluence to the more or less luckless movement of the matrimonial market. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 The owl was a plain, ordinary owl, which no doubt lived in the neighbourhood of San Miguel, and had flopped in, perhaps in search of the proverbial church mouse. The Port of Adventure There hosts of men, who in their youth were as poor as church mice, have, by dint of perseverance and business capacity, become multi-millionaires. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat "It was a very old attachment, and the young couple are as poor as church mice." Vanity Fair Mrs. Thomas said that they were a pair of babies and as poor as church mice. Anne of Green Gables She married a shocking bounder—he would have been Duke of Glastonbury, though, if he had lived—but he was drowned, and she was left poor as a church mouse. The Market-Place He was as poor as a church mouse, but he was his own master, and there was no one to prevent him doing just what he pleased. Birds of Prey See how rich he is!" danced Annabel; "after telling us he was as poor as a church mouse! The Channings We were a jolly set; most of us poor as church mice, and caring little. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Oh! the darlings, and they just as poor as church mice themselves. Fortitude "Besides"—smiling across at the rector—"as we're as poor as church mice, it's just as well the new arrival at the Priory should he rich—to even things up." The Vision of Desire You will be as poor as two little church mice; but I will come and stay with you sometimes,” Joe added, laughing, “and help you about the bills.” An American Politician We're as poor as church mice; it's horrid to be so desperately poor as that. Light O' the Morning "Wish they would divide; I'm as poor as a church mouse," I said, laughing. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day You can tell by this threadbare coat'—he looked down at the sleeve from which the nap was worn in places—'I am as poor as a church mouse.' Phantom Fortune, a Novel I'd come and ask you to marry me if I were as poor as a church mouse or you hadn't a penny. At Love's Cost They are both as poor as church mice, & I think marriage in such a case an unwise step for anyone. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations Farrell had the money and the good looks, while Whitermore was poor as a church mouse, and he was homely, too. Across the Years “As poor as Tomaso of the Mill,” the people said; it being understood that a church mouse failed to suggest such destitution. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories Reformers are supposed to live on half-rations, and preachers are poor as church mice; but there may be exceptions. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers I shall be as poor as a church mouse before long, and I know father won't help me. A Fool and His Money Why, man, the real Germans we have pounced on are all as poor as church mice. King of the Khyber Rifles The proprietors of the baths, the Measons, poor as church mice, the son a mate of a merchant vessel— these are not proper associates for my daughters. Spring Days And if he was as poor as a church mouse, I'd marry him to-morrow—I said just now I didn't mean to marry him. What's Bred in the Bone I am as poor as a church mouse, and so I shall always remain; and for myself I don't care about it. Castle Richmond "Well, she's as poor as a church mouse," said the other, doggedly. Graustark Why a church mouse would starve on the pittance they pay him at Koniwasset Corners. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. It's an insult for you to talk to me in this way, when you keep me as poor as a church mouse all the time. Finger Posts on the Way of Life Our young friend, as you call him, is as poor as a church mouse. The Fortunate Youth Sarah will have to find at least another 800 pounds a year for the next ten years; and even then they will be as poor as church mice. Major Barbara I guess they had thought before, that my people were poor as church mice. A Daughter of the Land She is going to marry a perfect hog of a millionaire for the sake of her father, who is as poor as a church mouse; and you must help me to stop her. Heartbreak House Among these men Oliver recognized Howard Thom, son of the Chief- Justice, poor as a church mouse and fifty years of age if a day. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn But she’s a sensible girl, no confounded nonsense about her, and the family are poor as church mice. John Ingerfield and Other Stories They had two children, a little girl and a little boy; they were very much in love with each other, as happy as birds, and as poor as church mice. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Poor, of course you were; poor as church mice. They and I It was the function of the church mice to be poor. Reginald in Russia and other sketches Thirdly came Mr and Mrs Christopherson, who were poor as church mice. New Grub Street The Goblin might be right, but still, he thought, he would like to do something for the church mice before winter came on; they were so very poor. Reginald in Russia and other sketches Perhaps indiscriminate charity might be harmful to the church mice. Reginald in Russia and other sketches “Really,” he continued, “it is most fortunate; now I can do something for the church mice.” Reginald in Russia and other sketches In particular he pitied the church mice, who were miserably poor. Reginald in Russia and other sketches The church mice were as poor as ever. Reginald in Russia and other sketches |
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