stony-broke

/'stounbrouk/ Cách viết khác : (stony-broke) /'stounibrouk/

Thân thiện

He was stony-broke after his holiday and couldn't afford the bus fare home.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Completely without money; penniless: "stony-broke" is a British slang term describing a state of having absolutely no funds or financial resources.

Usage

• The adjective "stony-broke" is used informally, primarily in British English, to emphasize a complete lack of money. It is a stronger, more emphatic version of simply being "broke."
• It is typically used as a predicate adjective (following a linking verb like or ).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • After paying all the bills, I'm completely stony-broke until next payday.
  • The gambler went to the casino with high hopes but left stony-broke.
  • They were stony-broke and couldn't even afford a bus ticket home.

Advanced Usage

• "to be stony-broke": to be in a state of having no money.
  • The startup failed, and the founders were left stony-broke.
• "to go stony-broke": to become completely penniless.
  • He went stony-broke after investing in that fraudulent scheme.

Variants and Related Words

• Skint (adj., British slang): having little or no money.
  • I can't come to the pub tonight; I'm skint.
• Broke (adj., informal): having no money.
  • I'd love to go, but I'm broke.
• Penniless (adj.): having no money; very poor.
  • The economic crisis left many families penniless.

Synonyms

• Penniless: completely without money.
• Impecunious: having little or no money (more formal).
• Destitute: lacking the means of subsistence; totally impoverished.

Related Phrases

• Flat broke (idiom, informal): completely out of money.
  • I'm flat broke until I get my paycheck.
• Clean out of cash (phrase): having spent or lost all one's money.
  • The vacation was great, but it cleaned me out of cash.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. lacking funds
   • `skint' is a British slang term

Từ đồng nghĩa

• broke
• bust
• skint
• stone-broke