broker than the Ten Commandments

形容詞

比較級限定古風ユーモラス文体

(simile, humorous, dated) Extremely impoverished.

日本語の意味

極貧 / 非常に貧しい

After losing his job and his savings, Tom joked that he was broker than the Ten Commandments.

仕事と貯金を失って、トムは自分が十戒よりも貧乏だと冗談めかして言った。

意味（1）

(simile, humorous, dated) Extremely impoverished.