in the poorhouse
Example Sentences
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Because no matter what distance I travel from childhood, I still feel one foot in the poorhouse.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
“I was afraid I’d put my family in the poorhouse because every time I went by an antique store I’d go in and buy watches,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2019
“We were in the poorhouse when Citibank called us,” the governor recalled in a later interview.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2019
Thenceforth Sharp devoted all his energies to collecting lullabies, carols, love songs and work songs—in streets and kitchens, out in the fields and in the poorhouse.
From Economist ● Aug. 17, 2017
“I haven’t seen you in the poorhouse yet.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
