словарь английский - английский
- very poor на английском языке:
1. 
impoverished
Haiti is a nation that seems hopelessly impoverished.
an impoverished young actor
This impoverished country can no longer afford to support expensive worthless kids like you!
And where you have civil wars, it almost automatically translates into kids losing their parents or one of their parents, and in some cases families becoming impoverished.
For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines.
2. 
as poor as a church mouse
Don't expect her to pay you much, she is as poor as a church mouse.
We have to help her she's as poor as a church mouse.
Английский слово "very poor«(as poor as a church mouse) встречается в наборах:
Money – English idioms and sayings3. 
destitute
destitute people
People became destitute, and many of them lost almost everything they had.
‘The English aristocracy of the 19th century cared little for the poor and destitute
