The phrase "a poor face" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who appears sad, distressed, or lacking in resources, often in a figurative sense.
Example: "After hearing the bad news, she wore a poor face that reflected her sorrow."
Alternatives: "a sorrowful expression" or "a distressed look".
While urbanization brings many social and economic opportunities for women, men, and families, the urban poor face a particularly challenging socio-physical environment, which can take a toll on their mental health [ 11, 13].
All this comes at a time when the poor face steeper inflationary pressures: food prices have shot up by almost a third in the past five years, while the minimum wage has gone up by 12%.
But conditional cash transfers still seem to work better when the poor face an array of problems beyond just a shortage of capital.When Give Directly's founder, Michael Faye, went to traditional aid donors with his free-money idea, he remembers, "They thought I was smoking crack".
You see, the world's poor face a problem even bigger than being fleeced by bankers.
The poor face a tremendous problem every day juggling money and expenses.
Quite apart from the risk of a failing business, the poor face the threat of natural disaster or abrupt political change, for example, which makes them reluctant to take on debt.
The use of food banks has increased dramatically in recent months, prompting Sir John Major to warn that the poor face a stark choice between paying for heating or food.
Researchers and policy makers concerned about environmental justice argue that communities of color and the poor face a higher frequency and magnitude of exposures to environmental as well as psychosocial stressors [ Institute of Medicine (IOM) 1999; O'Neill et al. 2003].
Because of how existing U.S. safety net benefits phase out with income gains, many working poor face an effective marginal tax rate of over 50%, higher than some people in the top tax bracket face.
