- гол как сокол
- разг.as poor as Job (as a church mouse, as a rat, as charity); as bare as the palm of your hand; as naked as a picked bone; without a penny to bless him
Троекуров часто говаривал Дубровскому: "Слушай, брат, Андрей Гаврилович: коли в твоём Володьке будет путь, так отдам за него Машу; даром что он гол как сокол". (А. Пушкин, Дубровский) — Troyekurov often said to Dubrovsky: 'Listen, brother Andrei Gavrilovich; if your Volodka should turn out well, I will let him have Masha for his wife, in spite of his being as poor as a church mouse.'
- Учитель выискался!.. Гол как сокол, пришёл в дом на всё на готовенькое да ещё грозится. (В. Шукшин, Волки) — 'Listen to him - a teacher!.. He conies without a penny to bless him into a house where everything's laid on, and now he threatens me.'
Ну Митька! Иван Африканович не мог надивиться на шурина... Приехал гол как сокол, даже и чемодан в дороге упёк. (В. Белов, Привычное дело) — Oh, that Mitka! Ivan Afrikanovich couldn't get over that brother-in-law of his... He arrived bare as the palm of your hand, even his suitcase he'd sold...
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь . 2014.