8
busted(adjective, characteristic, poor, status, exhausted)
8
flat broke(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
8
hand-to-mouth(adjective, characteristic, poor, status, deprivation)
8
homeless(adjective, poor, poverty, helpless, impoverished)
8
low(adjective, characteristic, flat, poor, sad)
8
threadbare(adjective, characteristic, position, poverty)
8
underprivileged(adjective, characteristic, flat, poor, low)
7
on one's uppers(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
7
cleaned out(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
7
on the breadline(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
7
on the rocks(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
7
out of cash(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
7
out of pocket(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
7
stone broke(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
7
tapped out(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
6
down at heel(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty)
6
down to last penny(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
6
in the gutter(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
6
on last leg(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position)
6
out of money(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty)
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