Poor+person
81a poor man's something — 1) used about something that is a cheaper type of a similar but more impressive thing This car is seen as the poor man s Rolls Royce. 2) used about someone who is less successful, popular etc when compared with another person He s a kind of poor… …
82overseer of the poor — a person who is appointed or elected to take care of or to to assist the poor with money, supplies, or services furnished by public authority and whose duties are prescribed by local statutes * * * overseer of the poor, an officer of parish… …
83Badger (person) — A Badger was, in English, a term of uncertain derivation (possibly derived from bagger, a bag or person carrying one) for a dealer in food or victuals which he had purchased in one place and carried for sale in another place. OED gives the… …
84clumsy person — noun a person with poor motor coordination • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑mortal, ↑soul • Hyponyms: ↑butterfingers, ↑duf …
85Rich Man, Poor Man — is a novel written by Irwin Shawin 1969. It is the last of the novels of Shaw s middle period before he began to concentrate, in his last works such as Evening In Byzantium, Nightwork, Bread Upon The Waters, and Acceptable Losses, on the… …
86very poor — dirt poor, pauper, person of meager means …
87(a) poor relation — someone or something that is believed to be less important than another similar person or thing. Video, once seen as the poor relation of cinema, is now a major source of revenue for film companies …
88tube-rose, you poor forced — In Mam Street, by Sinclair Lewis, a young wife tries to improve her husband’s literary taste by reading poetry to him. He is politely interested, but it is clear to her that he will not change his ways or reading habits. ‘She read with an eye… …
89Prudent-Person Rule — A legal maxim restricting the discretion in a client s account to investments that a prudent person seeking reasonable income and preservation of capital might buy for his or her own portfolio. Also called the prudent man rule . This rule is… …
90stupid person — noun a person who is not very bright The economy, stupid! • Syn: ↑stupid, ↑stupe, ↑dullard, ↑dolt, ↑pudding head, ↑pudden head, ↑poor fish, ↑pillock …
