hard up
ˌhard ˈup BrE AmE adjective
1. if you are hard up, you do not have much money:
I’m a bit hard up at the moment.
2. not having something that you want or need:
‘How about a date with Tom?’ ‘No, thanks, I’m not that hard up.’
hard up for
The media are obviously hard up for stories.
hard+uphu
| | ◎ | [hard up] | | 〆 | saying & slang | | | ■ | poor, unable to pay, in the poorhouse | | | ☆ | After the war, our family was so hard up we couldn't buy meat. |
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