stone-broke

/'stounbrouk/ Cách viết khác : (stony-broke) /'stounibrouk/
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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Completely without money; penniless: "Stone-broke" describes a state of having absolutely no funds or financial resources.
    • Financially ruined or destitute: It emphasizes a complete lack of money, often implying a sudden or severe loss of wealth.
Usage
  • The adjective "stone-broke" is informal and emphatic. It is typically used as a predicate adjective (following a linking verb like or ) to describe a person's or entity's financial state.
  • It conveys a stronger sense of being penniless than simply "broke."
Examples
  • Adjective:
    • After the business failed, he was stone-broke and had to move back in with his parents.
    • Don't ask me to lend you money; I'm stone-broke until payday.
    • The company went stone-broke and had to close all its stores.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be stone-broke": to be in a state of having no money.
    • They were stone-broke after their vacation.
  • "to go stone-broke": to become penniless.
    • He went stone-broke after investing in that scheme.
Variants and Related Words
  • Stony-broke (adj): An alternative, equally informal spelling with the same meaning.
    • I'm stony-broke this month.
  • Broke (adj): Having little or no money (less emphatic than "stone-broke").
  • Skint (adj, chiefly British slang): Completely out of money.
    • I can't come to the pub; I'm skint.
Synonyms
  • Penniless: Having no money.
  • Destitute: Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
  • Impecunious: Having little or no money (often used humorously or formally).
  • Flat broke: Completely without money (similar informal emphasis).
Antonyms
  • Wealthy: Having a great deal of money, resources, or assets.
  • Affluent: Having a plentiful supply of money; wealthy.
  • Solvent: Having enough money to pay all debts.
Related Idioms
  • Flat broke: Completely penniless (very similar in meaning and usage to "stone-broke").
    • I'm flat broke until I get my tax refund.
  • Down and out: Without money, a home, or a job; destitute.
    • After losing his job and his apartment, he was down and out.
Adjective
  1. lacking funds
    • `skint' is a British slang term

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