What does “Estar como usted cuando era pobre” mean in Costa Rica?

A cheeky reply to “¿Cómo está?”: I’m great, like you were before you got rich.

Word for word: Like you were when you were poor.

How to say it

es·tar co·mo us·ted cuan·do e·ra po·bre

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