A chicken for every pot to piss in
This is for people who are so broke they don't have a pot to piss in, but still find a way to piss on a chicken in a pot just because they're cheap and mean.
She had no money but still took a chicken and a pot to piss on it.
He had no food but had time to pee on a chicken in a pot.
They were so broke, they made a chicken suffer just to save a few bucks.