Idiom - As poor as a church mouse

As poor as a church mouse:

Very poor.

The young mother is as poor as a church mouse and she has little money to feed her family.

Persian: فقیر

Vocabulary - Pulpit

Pulpit:

A raised structure inside a church that a priest or minister stands on when they speak to the people.

Rev. Dawson addressed the congregation from the pulpit.

Persian: منبر، میز خطابه ی کشیش