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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Poor

Poor as a cab-driver in Venice.
—Anonymous

Poor as a rat.
—Anonymous

Poor as skunk’s misery.
—Anonymous

As poor as winter.
—Anonymous

Poor as wood.
—Josh Billings

Poor as an owlet.
—John Bunyan

As poor as some church mouse.
—Lord De Tabley

Poorer than a retired Spanish ensign.
—Fortserré

Poor as Job’s turkey.
—John Marston

Poor as a sheep new shorn.
—George Peele

Poor as virtue and as friendless.
—George Peele

Poor as a pauper’s pottage.
—John G. Saxe

Poor as truth.
—Francis Seager

Poor as Job.
—William Shakespeare

Poor as winter.
—William Shakespeare