习惯用语abject poverty1.赤贫, 一贫如洗(as) witness sb.'s poverty1.某人的贫困足以作证live in genteel poverty1.家贫而要面子摆阔P-is no sin.1.[谚]贫非罪。P-is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.1.[谚]贫不足耻, 耻贫乃耻。P-makes strange bedfellows.1.[谚]难中不择友; 同病相怜。