写作资料技巧|poor as a church mouse 家徒壁立

家徒壁立，字面意思是穷得像用水洗过似的，什么都没（so poor as if everything had been washed away）。形容十分贫穷，可以翻译为be utterly^{1 destitute2，poor as a church mouse或poor and bare to the bones。}

例句：

他死时家家徒壁立。

When he died, his family was left completely destitute.

你了解我家徒壁立，没家产。

You know how hard up I am, with no property of my own.