【一天一点英语】2020.4.19.

今天来教大家几种哭穷的方式，婉拒朋友不尴尬~

1. be as poor as church mice

和只能寄居在教堂里的老鼠一样穷，as...as 表示和...一样，be as poor as church mice 就表

示身无分文，一贫如洗，比如说：

When we first got married, we were as poor as church mice.

我们刚结婚时穷得叮当响。

2. in the hole

财政出现危机，我们会含蓄地说赤字，在英文里会用到 in the hole 这个表达，来表示负债，欠钱，比如说：

I was something like $16,000 in the hole already.

我已经负债大概 1.6 万美元了。

3. tighten one's belt

这个用法相当好记，和中文里的意向一样，把皮带束紧，约束自己不要乱花钱，表示勒紧裤带，设法更节俭地过日子，比如说：

I've had to tighten my belt since I stopped working full-time.

自从我停止全职工作以来，就不得不勒紧裤带过日子。