William De Kooning

(1904—1997), artist

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

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[have a time] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To have trouble; have a hard time. * /Poor Susan had a time trying to get the children to go to bed./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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