house poor English

Meaning house poor meaning

What does house poor mean?

house poor adjective

— (idiomatic) In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.

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Movie subtitles

Meet my poor mother, buy her pretty clothes, some kalbi meat, and a gorgeous house.