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Adjective

Having below average income or lacking money to sufficiently live comfortably

as poor as a church mouse

in reduced circumstances

in straitened circumstances

unable to make ends meet

without a penny

without a penny to one's name

without a sou

without two brass farthings to rub together

without two farthings to rub together

without two pennies to rub together

poor as a church mouse

on last leg

down to last penny

dead broke

without two pennies farthings to rub together

in dire circumstances

boracic lint

without a bean

without a shot in one's locker

without money

without a red cent

without a brass farthing

on skid row

unable to keep the wolf from the door

meager^US

meagre^UK

in distressed circumstances

in financial difficulties

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

in a bad way

financially distressed

financially embarrassed

without means of support

economically disadvantaged

unable to pay one's debts

financially ruined

belly-up

in Chapter 13

taken to the cleaners

gone to the wall

gone bust

in the hands of the receivers

“But despite his outstanding gifts he's soon in penury again because the crocodile he has adopted is scaring off potential clients.”

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