Zachwashere wrote:
I live in Texas and I've recently heard a phrase that sounds distinctly southern to me. The best way I can describe it is if you have an abundance of, say, cars, someone might tell you "well your just car poor!" or if you were to have a lot of pets, you may be told "your pet poor."
I absolutely don't get this phrase. It makes no sense! Why would you say someone is poor of something if they have an abundance of it?
Has anybody else heard this saying?
It means something in your life consumes all your resources, leaving you impoverished after taking care of that need or interest. If I have a good income and blow all my money on my car, I'm 'car poor'; same but it's my mortgage eating all my income, I'm 'house poor'.
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