“我要吃土了！”看老外如何说穷？

 　　每个月尾，都感觉自己都穷到要吃土了。房租水电交通费，包包衣服新口红。横批：穷穷穷。很多童鞋对于“穷”，脑海里就只有poor，今天英语君就带着大家畅游“穷”的海洋，来感受一下什么做知识的富有。

　　(1)dirt-poor非常穷困的

　　In fact, he grew up dirt-poor in rural Tennessee.

　　事实上，他在贫穷的田纳西乡下长大。

　　Where would the dirt-poor Tom get a hundred dollars?

　　汤姆这个穷光蛋到哪儿弄一百元去?

　　(2)max out credit cards 刷爆卡

　　Even the metered fare will max out your credit card.

　　即便打表，打车费用也会刷爆你的信用卡。

　　She's maxed out three credit cards.

　　她已经刷爆了三张卡了。

　　(3)be broke身无分文

　　I'm gonna be broke in a month.

　　不出一个月我就身无分文了。

　　I seem to be permanently¹ broke.

　　我似乎永远没钱。

　　(4)live from hand to mouth度日维艰

　　We live from hand to mouth because my father is an accountant with a low salary.

　　我们过着仅能糊口的生活，因为我父亲只是个薪水很低的会计员。

　　When I had no job last winter, I had to live from hand to mouth.

　　去年冬天没找到工作，我不得不过着勉强糊口的生活。

　　(5)not have a bean囊中羞涩

　　He doesn't have a bean, but she's set on marrying him.

　　虽然他没钱，可她还是决意要嫁她。

　　(6) On one's uppers一贫如洗

　　Joe invited us out to lunch because we were both on our uppers.

　　琼请我们出去吃饭，因为我俩都没钱了。

　　(7) down and out 穷困潦倒

　　Sarah was down and out after losing her job and her apartment.

　　莎拉在失去她的工作和房子后，就穷困潦倒了。

　　Would you still love me, when I'm down and out?

　　当我穷困潦倒时你是否依旧爱我?

　　(8) pauper²穷光蛋

　　And, of course, when he died, he didn't die a pauper.

　　当然，他临终时并非是个穷光蛋。

　　He did not take kindly³ to the tag of pauper.

　　他可不喜欢别人叫他作穷光蛋。

1 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

2 pauper   

n.贫民，被救济者，穷人

参考例句：

• You lived like a pauper when you had plenty of money.你有大把钱的时候，也活得像个乞丐。
• If you work conscientiously you'll only die a pauper.你按部就班地干，做到老也是穷死。

3 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。