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poor mouth
1[ poor mohth ]
noun
- a person who continually complains about a lack of money.
- a plea or complaint of poverty, often as an excuse for not contributing to charities, paying bills, etc.
poor-mouth
2[ poor-mouth ]
verb (used without object)
- to lament or argue that one is too poor; plead poverty.
verb (used with object)
- to declare (one's ability, power, position, etc.) to be inadequate or disappointing, sometimes as an intentional understatement; downplay:
We know you're just poor-mouthing your skill at playing bridge—you're a good player.
poor mouth
noun
- unjustified complaining, esp to excite sympathy
she always has the poor mouth
verb
- informal.to speak of disparagingly; decry
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of poor mouth1
Origin of poor mouth2
Idioms and Phrases
- cry poor mouth, Informal. to complain, especially habitually, about a lack of money. Also talk a poor mouth.
Example Sentences
The next time you hear Gov. Rick Scott or leaders in the Florida Legislature cry poor mouth as an excuse for not investing more in a chronically neglected area of the budget - say, mental-health care or raises for public employees - here’s a number to remember: $253 million.
If American readers know any of them, it is almost certainly Flann O’Brien’s hilarious “The Poor Mouth,†the “bad story about the hard life†of Bonaparte O’Coonassa, born into poverty among the sheep and pigs and potatoes.
Instead of making tough choices, NIH Director Collins has chosen to cry poor mouth.
Very hot drinks, high-temperature cooking methods and poor mouth hygiene have also been linked to the disease, it said.
A lavatory sponge plunged into vinegar and gall and thrust into His poor mouth, a mouth that moves rarely except to pray, to pray even for you, boys, even for you who nailed Him to that cross.
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