突破英语口语练习：如何用英语表达“我很穷”？

1 strapped
身无分文的，资金短少的
I'm a little strapped.
我手头有点紧。
I'd love to go to dinner with you guys, but I'm a bit strapped for cash.
我很想和你们一起吃晚餐，可是我手头有点紧。
 
2 as poor as a church mouse
一贫如洗
Although very rich in his youth, he is now as poor as a church mouse.
虽然年轻时很有钱，他现在却穷得一贫如洗。
I'm as poor as a church mouse!
我穷到吃土。
 
3 broke
破产的
I'm broke.
我身无分文。
Balton went broke twice in his career.
巴尔顿一生中经历了两次破产。
 
4 run out of dough
没有面团了/没钱了
I've run out of dough.
我没钱了。
 
5 scrape by
勉强度日
Borrowing money from friends and relatives helped him to scrape by.
他全靠亲朋好友的接济度日!
 
6 not have a bean
没有钱
I don't have a bean.
我连一个子儿都没了。
 
7 hand to mouth
勉强糊口
We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from.
我们日子过得紧紧巴巴的，从来是吃了上顿没下顿。
 
8 Keep body and soul together
挣钱糊口
I hate my job, but I have to keep body and soul together somehow.
我讨厌我的工作，但不管怎么样我得挣钱糊口。
 
9 make both ends meet
勉强维持生计
With five children in college, Steve still manages to make both ends meet.
有五个小孩在念大学，史蒂夫还是有办法维持家计。
 
10 poverty
贫困
poverty line贫困线
poverty-stricken一贫如洗的
My family were living below the poverty line when I was little.
我很小的时候，我们家生活在贫困线以下。
The program was to help those poverty-stricken families.
该计划是为了帮助贫困不堪的家庭。