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Definition of poor mouth in English: poor mouthnoun North American, Irish informal A person who claims to be poor in order to benefit from others. 哭穷以取得好处的人 I am not crying the poor mouth but only telling it as it is Example sentencesExamples - I am not crying the poor mouth but only telling it as it is.
- Times were hard then but they did not preach the poor mouth.
- There is a perception that managers are ‘well looked after’ and in fairness few of them are crying the poor mouth.
- I don't believe it's credible to be crying the poor mouth and whingeing over inadequate funding when your greatest asset is filled only by the hallow sounds of magpies and sparrows and not rental contracts worth considerable sums of money.
- The poor mouth of last year will pay political dividends.
- In a thoughtful interview he once gave to this newspaper, one in which he offered a stirring denouncement of sectarianism, Ricksen played the poor mouth in claiming that: ‘I'm only human.’
- Limerick hoteliers who are complaining over a slump in business were dismissed by Deputy Jim Kemmy today as putting on the poor mouth.
- They've been crying the poor mouth ever since a raft of injuries from a round of club games consistently left them short of numbers in training and unable to complete the full programme that Morrison drew up after the Connacht final.
- Mick said he is fed up to the back teeth of the government's poor mouth campaign.
- We'd be the first to cry poor mouth while looking to development elsewhere!
- Though Democrats often poor mouth their causes and campaigns, and claim the GOP is the party of ‘big money,’ there is no shortage of attention paid to the critical role of fundraising among Democratic party pros across the nation.
verb North American, Irish informal 1no object Claim to be poor. 哭穷 the poor-mouthing museum is not exactly eager to publicize this good fortune Example sentencesExamples - O Criomhthain figures as triumphantly heroic, while Bonaparte and his family are exaggeratedly pathetic and miserable, as the poor-mouthing of the title already suggests.
- Public accounting firms may poor-mouth, but ‘the audit practice is not a loss-leader,’ says Lynn Turner, chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- In place of serious and measured lament, then, the book provokes more and more comedy at its promiscuous and preposterous poor-mouthing.
2with object Talk disparagingly about. 〈北美，爱尔兰〉讲…的坏话 don't let those girls poor-mouth you Example sentencesExamples - New Zealanders do not appreciate so-called New Zealand leaders getting up and poor-mouthing their nation overseas?
- Colorado coach Gary Barnett poor-mouthed his team before the Big 12 championship game as well as Lou Holtz ever did.
- In my view, there is nothing more treacherous than poor-mouthing one's country off shore to its material disadvantage.
Definition of poor mouth in US English: poor mouthnoun Irish, North American informal A person who claims to be poor in order to benefit from others. 哭穷以取得好处的人 I am not crying the poor mouth but only telling it as it is Example sentencesExamples - Though Democrats often poor mouth their causes and campaigns, and claim the GOP is the party of ‘big money,’ there is no shortage of attention paid to the critical role of fundraising among Democratic party pros across the nation.
- We'd be the first to cry poor mouth while looking to development elsewhere!
- Times were hard then but they did not preach the poor mouth.
- Limerick hoteliers who are complaining over a slump in business were dismissed by Deputy Jim Kemmy today as putting on the poor mouth.
- I am not crying the poor mouth but only telling it as it is.
- I don't believe it's credible to be crying the poor mouth and whingeing over inadequate funding when your greatest asset is filled only by the hallow sounds of magpies and sparrows and not rental contracts worth considerable sums of money.
- The poor mouth of last year will pay political dividends.
- There is a perception that managers are ‘well looked after’ and in fairness few of them are crying the poor mouth.
- Mick said he is fed up to the back teeth of the government's poor mouth campaign.
- They've been crying the poor mouth ever since a raft of injuries from a round of club games consistently left them short of numbers in training and unable to complete the full programme that Morrison drew up after the Connacht final.
- In a thoughtful interview he once gave to this newspaper, one in which he offered a stirring denouncement of sectarianism, Ricksen played the poor mouth in claiming that: ‘I'm only human.’
verb Irish, North American informal 1with object Talk disparagingly about. 〈北美，爱尔兰〉讲…的坏话 I used to poor-mouth corporate jets, but now that I've had the use of one I really appreciate it Example sentencesExamples - Colorado coach Gary Barnett poor-mouthed his team before the Big 12 championship game as well as Lou Holtz ever did.
- New Zealanders do not appreciate so-called New Zealand leaders getting up and poor-mouthing their nation overseas?
- In my view, there is nothing more treacherous than poor-mouthing one's country off shore to its material disadvantage.
2no object Claim to be poor. 哭穷 the poor-mouthing museum is not exactly eager to publicize this good fortune Example sentencesExamples - Public accounting firms may poor-mouth, but ‘the audit practice is not a loss-leader,’ says Lynn Turner, chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- O Criomhthain figures as triumphantly heroic, while Bonaparte and his family are exaggeratedly pathetic and miserable, as the poor-mouthing of the title already suggests.
- In place of serious and measured lament, then, the book provokes more and more comedy at its promiscuous and preposterous poor-mouthing.
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