Examples of 'begging bowl' in a sentence

Meaning of "begging bowl"

begging bowl: A metaphorical phrase referring to a state of extreme poverty or financial dependency where one is reduced to begging for basic necessities or assistance
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  • A bowl held by a beggar seeking money and food.
  • Used in reference to a plea for help.

How to use "begging bowl" in a sentence

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begging bowl
What you are holding is not a begging bowl.
And a begging bowl in the other.
I thought somebody had stolen my begging bowl.
I have been going with a begging bowl all across the country.
The whole nation seems to be rattling a begging bowl.
He often wore his begging bowl like a hat.
You would have had to go back with a begging bowl.
The begging bowl is indicative of such sublime activity of the real teacher.
Never take the begging bowl.
That Begging bowl seemed to be bottomless.
I am calling with a begging bowl.
He holds in his hands a begging bowl filled with the nectar of immortality.
One might as well sing at a hotel as go around with a begging bowl.
They mocked him for his begging bowl and holy robes.
They are proud people and they do not like to come with the begging bowl.

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By holding the begging bowl and receiving aims?
I am afraid I am coming to you with my begging bowl.
Mendicant with staff, begging bowl and pointed hat.
I'm hiding in the bushes with my begging bowl.
Will have her begging bowl out while she's here.
A man wearing a simple robe with a begging bowl before him.
Oh, no begging bowl here.
The oversized Sufi begging bowl.
And I will place a begging bowl in yourfather 's hand and make him beg!
Many passers-by put coins into my begging bowl.
You will hold out a begging bowl and enjoy wealth?
You bring a little water - take my begging bowl.
In the beginning he had a begging bowl for drinking water, or sometimes to beg food.
You bring a little water-take my begging bowl.
This time, the banker 's begging bowl would remain empty.
A woman 's magazine will publish it or someone will drop a coin in your begging bowl.
It seems we … we put out our begging bowl to other countries.
I set out on my quest desperately searching for Buddha 's begging bowl.
The Secretary-General is frequently holding out a begging bowl to implement Security Council decisions.
At a hotel? One might as well sing at a hotel as go around with a begging bowl.
Prince Ishitsukuri, the stone begging bowl of Lord Buddha.
I do know that whatever happens, I am not going to give up The Begging Bowl.
You will hold out a begging bowl and enjoy wealth? And love?
Nagarjuna, seeing that he was waiting outside, threw the begging bowl out of the door.
And I will place a begging bowl in your father 's hand and make him beg!
Not a single penny more for the EU 's begging bowl.
Waving the begging bowl in your father 's direction . Daddy? No, there is no point.
His hands are held together on his lap with a begging bowl in the “ meditation ” mudra.
In an instant, he changed himself into a sanyasi, an old wise man, clutching a begging bowl.
Daddy? No, there's no point waving the begging bowl in your father's direction.
At this rate, I will have to go around with a begging bowl.
I suppose old mother Trentham will have her begging bowl out while she 's here.
The Kāpālikas traditionally carried a skull-topped trident ( khatvanga ) and an empty skull as a begging bowl.
He 's handling the begging bowl.
In the end, Christians and Buddhists meet at the begging bowl.

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