stony-broke
/'stounbrouk/ Cách viết khác : (stony-broke) /'stounibrouk/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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lacking funds
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`skint' is a British slang term
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