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
Australia's a damnable place to be hard up in.
From Captivity by M. Leonora Eyles
"You must be hard up for a job," he said.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
But there is no occasion for you to be hard up now.
From The Rocks of Valpre by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
