The phrase "a very poor man" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who has little to no financial resources or wealth.
Example: "Despite being a very poor man, he always found ways to help others in need."
Alternatives: "an extremely impoverished individual" or "a man of limited means."
"There came aboard a very poor man.
Glass Eye Man is a very poor man who also is a train robber and is very threatening.
A very poor man may be said in some sense to have a demand for a coach and six; he might like to have it; but his demand is not an effectual demand, as the commodity can never be brought to the market to satisfy it". My desiring something is not enough to create effectual demand; I must have the wealth to effectuate that demand.
If they can't get Kolb, they'll probably go for Marc Bulger, who, as a (very) poor man's Kurt Warner, at least has the right style of play for Ken Whisenhunt's offense.
If Sanu does not soundly adjust right away (which is entirely possible), the Bengals will have to turn to Brandon Tate (a much better returner than receiver), Armon Binns (an undrafted second-year pro who did not play last season) or the fifth-round rookie Marvin Jones (a very poor man's version of Green).
His quest takes him into some odd corners of the office, and some odd corners of the city; it has a strong flavor of burlesque about it -he is a very poor man's Sam Spade -but it is the sense of atmosphere as much as the comedy that makes the book a well-above-average debut.
On paper, I'd like to think of myself as a very white, very poor man's Montana – a sociological commentator who manages to retain an air of distance from any genuine emotional involvement at all times.
That was one story that did have to be neatly ended, but he could have been killed by the very poor man on the streets, or by a thief, but it seemed right and proper that he should die the way he did.
They followed this very poor man who had nine kids and didn't speak English who came to try and find work in Britain.
SOME very poor men, perhaps 18,000 of them, went on strike in Kolkata on January 24th to protest against a ban on their livelihood, ostensibly imposed for their own good.
We also compared very poor uninsured men with very poor men who were insured by any payer, public or private.
