English-Russian translations for hard up

• без гроша́
• на мели́

Definition of hard up

• Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties
• Lacking anything
• Desperate. only re romantic partners?--

Examples

• We were hard up for amusements.
• Dating him? She must be hard up.

Related words

• hard
• hard-working
• hardcore
• Richard
• hardly
• hard-boiled
• hardness
• hardship
• pilchard
• orchard