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52 entries under expression topic. ×
| hard up(adjective, idiom, flat, poor) | |
| in want(adjective, idiom, flat, poor) | |
| badly off(verb, adjective, phrasal verb, poor) | |
| in need(adjective, idiom, flat, poor) | |
| up against it(adjective, idiom) | |
| down and out(verb, adjective, idiom, phrasal verb) | |
| in reduced circumstances(adjective, idiom) | |
| very poor(idiom, poor, distressed, destitute) | |
| bad off(adjective, flat, poor, low) | |
| dead broke(adjective, poor, exhausted, bankrupt) | |
| dirt poor(adjective, flat, poor, low) | |
| flat broke(adjective, flat, poor, low) | |
| wiped out(adjective, poor, exhausted, wanting) | |
| behind eight ball(adjective, idiom, flat, poor) | |
| chronic poverty area | |
| cleaned out(poor, bankrupt, destitute, impoverished) | |
| come off badly | |
| deprived of(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting) | |
| devoid of(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting) | |
| down at heel(adjective, idiom, destitute, impoverished) |
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