be hard up

Washington Examiner journalist Eddie Scarry implied that she looked too good to be hard up: “That jacket and coat don’t look like a girl who struggles,” he tweeted, sharing a photo of her from behind.

George laughs gruffly: “You lot must be hard up for heroes.”

The better you should be hard up to sell.

Must be hard up for an honest man if she takes on Karl.”

"But I tell you I shall be hard up after I get those things."