stone broke
Frequency: 6.55.6 per million words
to have absolutely no money
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- I'm stone broke at the moment and can't afford to go out.
- After his business failed, he found himself stone broke.
- I can't lend you any money; I'm completely stone broke until payday.
- He was stone broke just a few years ago, but now he's a millionaire.
- Many students are stone broke by the end of the semester.
- If this investment doesn't pay off, we'll be stone broke.
- She had to sell her car because she was stone broke.
- "Can I borrow twenty dollars?" "Sorry, I'm stone broke."
- Despite his fancy clothes, he was secretly stone broke.
- Going on that expensive vacation left them stone broke for months.