stony broke

stony broke
Completely without money to spend.
Syn: boracic, skint

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  • stony broke — UK US adjective informal very poor, or without any money Thesaurus: poorsynonym * * * stony ˈbroke idiom = ↑flat broke …   Useful english dictionary

  • stony broke — adjective INFORMAL very poor or without any money …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stony-broke — adjective lacking funds skint is a British slang term • Syn: ↑broke, ↑bust, ↑skint, ↑stone broke • Similar to: ↑poor * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| adjective …   Useful english dictionary

  • stony-broke — /stoʊni ˈbroʊk/ (say stohnee brohk) adjective Colloquial having no money whatever. Also, stone broke, stony …  

  • stony broke — adjective Brit. informal entirely without money …   English new terms dictionary

  • stony broke — UK / US adjective informal very poor, or without any money …   English dictionary

  • broke — [brəʊk ǁ broʊk] adjective informal 1. having no money at all or very little money: • By 1933 his career was over and he was broke. 2. flat broke , stony broke completely without money; = PENNILESS …   Financial and business terms

  • stony — adj. (stonier, stoniest) 1 full of or covered with stones (stony soil; a stony road). 2 a hard, rigid. b cold, unfeeling, uncompromising (a stony stare; a stony silence). Phrases and idioms: stony broke Brit. sl. entirely without money. stony… …   Useful english dictionary

  • broke — broke1 [brəuk US brouk] the past tense of ↑break broke 2 broke2 adj [not before noun] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: An old past participle of break] 1.) having no money ▪ I m fed up with being broke all the time. flat/stony broke (=completely broke)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • broke — 1 the past tense of break 1 broke2 adjective (not before noun) 1 having no money: I m fed up with being broke all the time. | flat broke AmE stony broke BrE (=completely broke) 2 go broke if a company or business goes broke, it can no longer… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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