having very little money, nearly flat broke I can't afford to go to a concert this month. I'm strapped.
strapped for cash
have no money available I am a little strapped for cash so I won
be strapped
Idiom(s): strapped (for sth)
Theme: LACKING
very much in need of money. (Informal.) • I'm strapped for a few bucks. Can you loan me five dollars? • Sorry, I'm strapped, too.
strapped for|strapped
adj. Broke; out of funds. My brother is so extravagant that he is always strapped for cash.
strapped for
strapped for In need of, as in We're strapped for cash this week. Originating in the mid-1800s as simply strapped, meaning “in need of money,” the term acquired for in the first half of the 1900s. Now the term is also used for other needs, as in I can't give you any more firewood; I'm strapped for it myself.
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