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 company to be so glad to see me.”
From David Fleming's Forgiveness by Edwards, G. H. (George Henry)
And, though their well-to-do friends were beginning to talk of new model cars and going abroad once more, the Quentins continued to be hard up.
From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell
It will be a parterre or a fourth-floor room, rather gloomy and rather shabby, but a possible room for a student who happens to be hard up.
From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
