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Meaning of the poor we will always have with us | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Poverty for some is inevitable.

Examples

“These beggars on horseback — the poor we will always have with us as long as we give such alms - are forever at the elbows of the secretaries, representatives, senators. The people who pay are at work in their fields, out of sight, scattered over thousands of miles.”

“When the poor are taken by definition to be the lowest 10th or the lowest 5th, or the lowest 3rd, we will, of course, arrive at the not very startling conclusion, “the poor we will always have with us.””

““The poor we will always have with us.” / And some will come to church.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

the proof of the pudding is in the eating the proverbial dog that caught the car the purpose of a system is what it does the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog the rabbit died the race that stops a nation