waifs and strays
peoplewith nohomes:
无家可归者Herhouseis alwaysfullofwaifsandstrays.她的房子里总是住满无家可归的人。
Homelessness
- bag lady
- be of/have no fixed abode/addressidiom
- couchsurfing
- derelict
- displace
- doss
- hobo
- homeless
- homelessness
- hostel
- housing benefit
- mendicant
- sofa-surf
- sofa-surfing
- soup kitchen
- street
- street child
- tramp
- vagrancy
- waif
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Or let us assume, for the sake of argument, that it is a charity forwaifsandstrayswhich owns some land.
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Should that charity forwaifsandstrayshave its charitable income reduced?
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They have 4,000waifsandstrays, and they provide about 15,000 meals a day.
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They werewaifsandstrayswho certainly suffered physical deprivation.
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In exactly the same circumstances, thewaifsandstrayscan suffer.
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How many are there who arewaifsandstrays?
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He has been described as compassionate, moral, sensitive and full of integrity; taking inwaifsandstraysand helping his neighbours whenever possible.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In later centuries, the expressionwaifsandstrayscame to be used as metaphors for and ultimately became synonymous with abandoned or neglected children.
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