poor as a rat vs poverty-ridden

poor as a rat

adj
  • Synonym of poor as a church mouse 

poverty-ridden

adj
  • Suffering from poverty. 

  • During which one suffers or has suffered from poverty. 

  • Filled with or plagued by poverty. 

How often have the words poor as a rat and poverty-ridden occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )