Significato Hard up
Significa possedere veramente pochi soldi, come per esempio uno studente universitario.
Esempio Hard up
Often university students are hard up, they have some money but not much.
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Hard up, to be hard up means to have very little money; so being hard up is not a good thing.
Often student of university are hard up; they have some money but not much.
At the end of the month before I get my salary I might be hard up and not be able to pay back the money I borrow from my mom. So I have to call her say “mom I’m really sorry I’m bit hard up this month, can I pay next month please?”
Were you hard up when you were a students?