poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
jack of all trades, master of none
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
to get scarce; to run short
needy circumstances; living in poverty
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
oxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia
there is no leisure for the poor
budget travel; penniless travel; travelling on the cheap
being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
vitamin deficiency disease; avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
hard life; life of austerity
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs); (arch.) very slight movement
there is no leisure for the poor
austerity; voluntary privation
children are a poor man's riches
children are a poor man's riches
poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
children are a poor man's riches
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
to be born poor; to be born into poverty
curly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)
oligozoospermia; oligospermia
there is no leisure for the poor
poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
children are a poor man's riches
needy circumstances; living in poverty
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs); (arch.) very slight movement
poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune
poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving
austerity (belt-tightening) budget
impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch
depletion layer (of transistor)
good scholars are seldom rich
pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
completely motionless; totally still