| over a barrel(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position) |
| without a dime(expression, adjective, idiom, characteristic, position) |
| aground(adjective, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| bankrupted(adjective, characteristic, status, deprivation) |
| be on beam ends(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| behind the eight ball(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| boracic(adjective, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| cashless(adjective, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| cold in hand(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| depressed(adjective, characteristic, status, deprivation) |
| dispossessed(adjective, characteristic, status, deprivation) |
| down on luck(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| hardscrabble(adjective, characteristic, status, deprivation) |
| not a shot in the locker(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| on the beach(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| on the hog(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| on your uppers(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| out-of-pocket(adjective, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| out of funds(expression, idiom, characteristic, position, poverty) |
| poorish(adjective, characteristic, status, deprivation) |