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| hard up(verb, adjective, idiom, phrasal verb) | |
| not good(adjective, rough, awful, inferior) | |
| badly off(verb, adjective, phrasal verb, depressed) | |
| below par(adjective, idiom, good, weak) | |
| in want(adjective, flat, low, sick) | |
| down and out(verb, adjective, idiom, phrasal verb) | |
| in need(adjective, idiom, flat, low) | |
| flat broke(adjective, flat, low, sick) | |
| wiped out(adjective, exhausted, lacking, wanting) | |
| bad off(adjective, flat, low, down) | |
| in reduced circumstances(adjective, idiom) | |
| in straitened circumstances | |
| poor fellow(adjective, idiom, sad, unhappy) | |
| dirt poor(adjective, flat, low, sick) | |
| ill fated(adjective, idiom, sad, unhappy) | |
| out of pocket(adjective, idiom) | |
| poor person | |
| short of money(adjective, idiom, wanting, broke) | |
| very bad(miserable, negative, useless, worthless) | |
| without means |
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