be hard up
Example Sentences
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George laughs gruffly: “You lot must be hard up for heroes.”
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2018
The finding that loneliness can be contagious also caught some readers off-guard—wouldn't lonely souls be hard up for people to infect?
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2010
You must be hard up for something to worry about, to take those young ones on your mind.
From Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
He was known to be hard up but refused to account for the money and was given a berth in the county jail.
From Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing by Hyde, Grant Milnor
But I should be very much indisposed to give it him, merely to linger on here about town for a little time and then be hard up again.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
