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flying light(adjective, thin, pale, hungry)
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got high
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have munchies(adjective, thin, pale, hungry)
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in desperate straits
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in narrow circumstances
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in need(adjective, flat, poor, low)
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in need of(idiom, flat, poor, exhausted)
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like a bag of bones(idiom, thin, scrawny, skinny)
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on the breadline(adjective, idiom, flat, poor)
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on the edge
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on the rocks(idiom, flat, poor, exhausted)
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played out(flat, poor, shabby, exhausted)
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put to it(verb, phrasal verb, difficulty)
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short of funds
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short of money
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stone broke(adjective, flat, poor, low)
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thin as a rail(idiom, dull, slight, thin)
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truly needy(adjective, flat, poor, low)
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at a nonplus(idiom, difficulty)
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at a standstill(idiom, difficulty)
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