Usage of "hard up" | TermGallery

Not having enough money to pay for necessities.

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Having no money anymore; having lost all his money.

Ús de hard up en anglès

Parents were too hard up to provide any extra money, she said. 
 Radio NZ 

The wind is blowing hard up above and the waves are high. 
 Tom Swift and His Undersea Search; Or, the Treasure on the Floor... 

Some are hard up for a thousand pounds; some for a shilling. 
 The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow 

I took the ring because I was hard up-neededmoney at once. 
 Up the Hill and Over 

The only thing I can think about now is being hard up. 
 The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow 

I managed to get the helm hard up, and Mallet jumped inboard. 
 Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast 

She had got it into her head that he was hard up. 
 The Belfry 

Then he jerked one of his arms hard up between his shoulders. 
 The undertaker's gift 

But I went to room there when I was pretty hard up. 
 The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel 

Then I am hard up for money, and I sell my barley. 
 The Country Doctor 

Just at this moment I am hard up myself for a fiver. 
 The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow 

We heard this afternoon of a family who are pretty hard up. 
 Sunny Boy and His Playmates 

We did not let anybody know how hard up we really were. 
 The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Re... 

He found me well-nigh as desperately hard up as he is himself. 
 Blind Love 

But there is no occasion for you to be hard up now. 
 The Rocks of Valpré 

I'd get one of my own only I'm so beastly hard up. 
 The Rocks of Valpré 

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