Flat BrokeOne worth keeping

“My wallet's flatter than a possum on a county road.”

There's nothin' left in there but the shape of what used to be.

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“Poor as a church mouse.”

Dirt poor — even the crumbs are spoken for.

“Too poor to paint, too proud to whitewash.”

Can't afford nice things, won't stoop to cheap ones.

“We didn't have a pot to pee in nor a window to throw it out of.”

As broke as a family can get.

“So broke I can't even pay attention.”

Got nothing — not even the free stuff.

“He don't have two nickels to rub together.”

Completely out of money.

“Poor as Job's turkey.”

Poorer than the poorest man in the Bible — even his bird was skinny.