hard up

colloquial broadly

(colloquial) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties. / (colloquial) Lacking anything. / (colloquial, by extension) Desperate.

Japanese Meaning

金欠；金銭的に困窮している / 何も持っていない / 必死な状況、絶望的

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After losing his job, Mark was hard up and had to borrow money from his sister.

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仕事を失った後、マークはお金に困っていて、姉にお金を借りなければならなかった。

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Sense（1）

(colloquial) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.

I can speak with authority on the subject of being hard up. I have been a provincial actor. If further evidence be required, which I do not think likely, […]

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Sense（2）

(colloquial) Lacking anything.

We were hard up for amusements.

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Sense（3）

(colloquial, by extension) Desperate.

Dating him? She must be hard up.

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more hard up

（ comparative ）

most hard up

（ superlative ）

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