hard up

Being hard up, she and Yuan Zhen were immensely pleased to see me, guessing I must have brought some money with me to share with them.

He was always hard up, but being a man of enterprise knew all the best people, as well as all the worst, so that he dined out every night.

Forget it! Don't strain at a gnat. As you know, he is hard up these days.

He's very understanding: if I'm hard up by the middle of the week he'll always let me have a few groceries on tick till Friday.

He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Instead, my friend was always hard up for cash.

I am in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, and heading for a remote bit of Nuerland, hard up against the bandit border with Ethiopia.

Instead, my friend was always hard up for cash. He did not have much moneyandAnd the money he did earn was chicken feed- very little.

The famous mathematician, Mr. Hua has made a "hard-up and hence is a good training and a hard one before. "

The two cross-talk actors must be hard up for ideas, since there were only old punch-lines in their show.

What he did let slip was that were quite hard up.

He is always hard up because he doesn't lay out his money wisely.

"This is diplomatic property, " said one of the guards in good English, as he thrust me hard up against a jeep.

Eg. He was very hard up for money when he was out of job.

As the white -collar are yelling for being hard up, we blue-collar had better go begging. It's soon when I am going to be a beggar.

He was just as hard up as any of us.

Culms hard, up to 2 m long, farinose below nodes, nodes densely bearded in tuft at sheath margin or all round.

Eg. The company is hard up for new ideas.

After losing the state funding given to opposition parties, the Lib Dems are hard-up, and leaving their stately Westminster HQ.

I should (would) never have done it if I hadn't been so hard up.

Although adamant that he is not cashing in on Diana's death, Rees -Jones is submitting to a media hoopla because he is hard up.

We are a bit hard up at the moment.

But even in one of the world's richest countries the hard-up represent a huge and growing market.

With the Federal Reserve's target interest rate hard up against the 0% lower limit, some additional fiscal expansion is justified.

Her husband is continually complaining of being hard up (for money).

Stick bug: Boy, these folks are sure hard up for entertainment.

But also inspired her determination to work hard up, she secretly vowed to stand out to make people look down below her glasses!

The work is hard -- up to 10 takes of one shot from different angles.

So do I. I don't think anyone enjoys being hard up for time, money, or work.

You'll want to try to push yourself hard up the hill, but don't let your form totally fall apart.

As he was hard up he had to take this job.

Nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay ARE compliments. They're the only things we CAN pay.

Hard-up companies will be tempted to opt for cheaper, DIY solutions, to the irritation of established pollsters.

idiom To be 'hard up' is an English idiom.

I wouldn't have done it like that if I hadn't been so hard up.

So, today, most hard up countries in Europe are finding it harder to borrow money.

Eg. The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.

Susan was hard up for money at the time and Rita paid her few hundred bucks to screw me.

We were very hard up for money when I lost my job.

Hard up families may receive financial support from the welfare fund.

Feet hard up or leave you to jump.

I do envy you urban residents, never till the land, but never be hard up(suffer the famine).

Hard up families receive cash subsidies from the welfare funds.

Before they were so hard up that they often had nothing to eat whole day.

I remember the time when we were so hard up that the boys had no shoes to wear.

Eg . For the time being , the cheetahs are hard up .

In addition, people were hard up and had no extra money to spend on decoration.

Michelle's family, by contrast, was hard-up but intact.

I'm a bit hard up this week.

I happen to be more than usually hard up.

Step two, "put it where people can see it, " was really hard up until about 10 years ago.

Unless you are hard up for cash, you should insist that a client pays your standard hourly rate.

B: Sorry, dear, we are very hard up this month. Can you wait till next month?

I lost my job two months ago, I am now hard up for money.

He also appeals to hard-up protest voters.

Instead, my friend was always hard up for cash.

The widow was hard up against it, ever so hard.

He is hard up for ideas.

I'm a little hard up this week.

Eg. My parents were hard up during the 1930s but now they are well-off.

I can not imagine a human be so hard up for something to do as to quarrel with me.

Little brother hard up soon.

hard up Informal In need; poor.

I was hard up then, and had to sell off my books.

Come on. You guys can't be that hard up.

The family was always " hard up , " never very well clothed.

What is more, many football players are relatively hard-up.

My family was hard up, with Father a peddler, Mother a housewife, and so many children to feed.

He pushed hard up on the box.

What is more, many football players are relatively hard-up. Some earn just 3m won a month.

Ever since I lost my job, I have been hard up.

You British aren't that hard up for meat yet, are you?

Reason and counter measure of capital be hard up in enterprise

Urbanization Characteristic and Power-mechanism of Poor and Hard-up Mountain Areas in Developed Regions --A Case Study of Meizhou

Analysis on the Urbanization and Migration of Population of Poor and Hard-up Mountain Area in Developed Region--a case study of MeiZhou

Right now, we're in a situation in which conventional monetary policy is hard up against the zero lower bound;

But I am hard up for simple love and simple world

hard up (informal)short of money

and they thought i might just be hard up enough to oblige

hard up for a job