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
They may, at all events, be hard up for food, wherever they are.”
From The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. by William Henry Giles Kingston
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 Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Yes, Herr Amtshauptmann, and then I shall be hard up, for my affairs are in a bad way.
From In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life by Fritz Reuter
