broker than the Ten Commandments
Extremely impoverishedExtremely impoverished.
Meaning
1 senses(comparative only, dated, humorous)Extremely impoverished.
Origin
A pun on the sense of broke 'without money' and broken, with potential reference both to MA pun on the sense of broke 'without money' and broken, with potential reference both to Moses' destruction ('breaking') of the tablets on Mount Sinai (Exodus 32:19) and sinners' violation ('breaking') of the Ten Commandments in daily life.
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