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 a job," he said.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
A ghost must be hard up, one would think, to visit my Puggy; there ought to be an asylum for impoverished spectres.
From Peggy by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
“We’ll not be hard up for reading, at any rate,” remarked Eric, laughing joyously.
From Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
