Examples of using "Kirchenmaus" in a sentence and their english translations:
He's as poor as a church mouse.
He is poor as a church mouse.
Tom is dirt-poor.
Tom was as poor as a church mouse.
He was now as poor as a church mouse.
Once there were two women who were best friends, yet they were different: one was as beautiful as the new day but poor as a church mouse, while the other was as unsightly as the night but immeasurably rich. Now it came about that a fellow moved into the land; straightaway he was greedy for the wealth of the unsightly one, but he preferred to be adorned with the beauty by his side.