English Dictionary

house poor

形容詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.

日本語の意味

住宅の維持費やローン返済などで、家計を圧迫し、経済的に困窮している状態。 / 家の所有が高額な費用負担となり、住宅費が家計の大半を占めるため、生活が苦しくなる状況。

After buying the fixer-upper, they became house poor and had to cut back on vacations and dining out.

リフォームが必要な家を買ってから、住宅費が重くのしかかり家計が苦しくなって、休暇や外食を減らさざるを得なかった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.