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gen. strand; be in the beach; be on the beach; go into dry dock; be stranded (без денег); be neaped; be stranded (без денег)
Игорь Миг be desperate for the money; be down on one's luck
amer. go belly-up (Val_Ships); get down to bedrock (Bobrovska); come down to bedrock (Bobrovska)
fig. be running low on funds (в финансовом плане Alex_Odeychuk); run out of bills (без денег A.Rezvov); be wrung dry (She has been wrung dry by bills. [=she has no money left because she used all of it to pay bills] VLZ_58)
inf. be in dry dock
Makarov. be stranded; come down to bedrock; get down to bedrock
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amer. high and dry (I will never leave you high and dry, promise. Val_Ships)
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idiom. busted flat (То же самое, что flat broke and flat busted Fig. having no money at all. Sorry, I'm flat broke. Not a cent on me. You may be flat broke, but you will find a way to pay your electricity bill or you will live in the dark. Mary was flat busted, and it was two more weeks before she was due to get paid. thefreedictionary.com ZWern); flat busted (То же самое, что flat broke и busted flat Fig. having no money at all. Sorry, I'm flat broke. Not a cent on me. You may be flat broke, but you will find a way to pay your electricity bill or you will live in the dark. Mary was flat busted, and it was two more weeks before she was due to get paid. ZWern thefreedictionary.com ZWern)
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Игорь Миг is down-on-his -luck
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