idiom > The poor are Stricken
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No lack of poor cone
  Explanation: _Insert_ed under the awl too poor a place as small as not
  Usage: Partial official; as the predicate attribute; containing derogatory
  Source: Han Ban Gu "Han Food and Money": "rich field with Qian Bo, death almost deprived of the poor."
  Examples: Old woman surnamed Yin husband, a son named Fu, Shin Bo, ~. ★ Qing Pu "Liao Wei Xue mother"
Too poor to insert a bodkin did not place
  Inserted a bodkin place too poor to none. Metaphor of extreme poverty. Language of the "Spring and Autumn Annals to wish": "almost deprived of accommodation to the poor also." "Han on Food and Money": "rich field with footpath Peter, the poor die almost deprived of accommodation." Ming and bright "Changxing County pipeline Notices ":" is it proposed to leave the so-called high priority of the people who, Er Shi Shan Ding only those poverty stricken families, and on behalf of the Executive tie Chui Chu Battle, is a sincere non-line of the Xiao Yu also. "Qing Pu Song age "Lonely Xue Wei Niang": "a son name Fu, Yoshihiro, poverty stricken."
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贫无立锥 ( pín wú lì zhuī )
  【解释】:穷得连插下锥子那样小的地方都没有
  【出处】:东汉·班固《汉书·食货志》:“富者田连阡伯,贫者亡立锥之地。”
  【用法】:偏正式;作谓语、定语;含贬义
  【示例】:清·蒲松龄《聊斋志异·薛慰娘》:“媪夫姓殷,一子名富,善博,~。”
  【近义词】:一文不名、一贫如洗、家徒四壁
  【反义词】:腰缠万贯、金玉满堂
  【故事】:春秋时期,楚国王宫艺人优孟听说前相国孙叔敖死后儿子过着十分清贫的生活,觉得过意不去,就穿戴孙叔敖的衣冠,模仿他的音容笑貌去见楚王,楚王即景生情,优孟趁机讲述孙叔敖儿子贫无立锥之地,楚王深受感动,就重封孙叔敖的儿子。
Thesaurus
(as) poor as Job, abject poverty, stoniness, ruin, empty house resembles a standing chime stone, A cold case, deprivation languish, be poor and blank, become debt-ridden, Minliecaijin
Antonym
brilliant light ancestry, Glory great cause, be able to follow the footsteps of one's father, Home into the industry on, get married and start one's career, Have one's name up Was pro-, starting from scratch
Containing Phrases
dead poor