Sentence examples of "poor" in English

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Translations: all50 povero35 poveri6 cattivo3 scarso2 other translations4

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He was a poor musician. Lui era un musicista povero.

Children are poor men's riches. I bambini sono la ricchezza dei poveri.

You've got a poor memory! Tu hai una cattiva memoria!

My knowledge of German is poor. La mia conoscenza del tedesco è scarsa.

He is poor, but happy. È povero ma felice.

Though they were poor, they brought up seven children. Nonostante fossero poveri, hanno cresciuto sette figli.

Instinct is often a poor guide. L'istinto è spesso una cattiva guida.

I am ashamed of myself for my poor English. Mi vergogno di me stesso per il mio inglese scarso.

He is poor, but honest. Lui è povero ma onesto.

The rich and the poor are afraid of death. I ricchi e i poveri hanno paura della morte.

We had to put up with Kunio's poor table manners because he refused to change. Abbiamo dovuto farci andar bene le cattive maniere di Kunio a tavola, visto che rifiutava di cambiare.

My sight is very poor La mia vista è molto povera

I think being poor is nothing to be ashamed of. Penso che non ci sia nulla di cui vergognarsi a essere poveri.

Tony did not feel poor. Tony non si sentiva povero.

Such an economic program will help the rich at the expense of the poor. Un tale programma economico aiuterà i ricchi a discapito dei poveri.

She is poor, but happy. È povera ma felice.

Greed keeps men forever poor, even the abundance of this world will not make them rich. L'avidità tiene gli uomini poveri per sempre, nemmeno l'abbondanza di questo mondo li renderà ricchi.

This county is poor in natural resources. Questo paese è povero di risorse naturali.

The witch cursed the poor little girl. La strega maledì la povera piccola bambina.

She was poor, but she was honest. Era povera, però era onesta.

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