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Meanings of empty purse in English
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Usage of empty purse in English
1
But there is no antidote to vanity equal to an empty purse.
2
There is a feeling of helplessness that comes from having an empty purse.
3
As it was, she was afraid to set out with an empty purse.
4
You cannot extract blood from a beet, nor shekels from an empty purse.
5
Talbot had tried in vain all the usual means of recruiting his empty purse.
6
Hopes, you perceive, continue bright, but they are somewhat unsubstantial to an empty purse.
7
A curious rendezvous indeed- amidnightassignation between a bankrupt baron and an empty purse!
8
He held the strings of an ever empty purse.
9
The ninety-nine plagues of an empty purse are to blame for all my ill deeds.
10
I have plenty more, and here is a mark to put in your empty purse.
11
The devil loves no lurking-place like an empty purse.
12
As Háfiz would say: "An empty purse, but in our sleeve a hoard."
13
We can appreciate Chaucer's address to his empty purse-
14
I didn't come over here with an empty purse.
15
These were the respective names given by him to the empty purse and the full purse.
16
Would you refuse me in spite of my dependence on my father, and my empty purse?
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