1. low on cash 缺錢花
例句:OK, you got me. I'm low on cash this month!
好吧。你猜對(duì)了。我這個(gè)月正缺錢呢!
2. poor as a church mouse 像教堂里的耗子那么窮,一貧如洗
例句:Nobody could imagine that he was as poor as a church mouse when he first came to Hong Kong.
沒人能想象到當(dāng)初他剛來到香港的時(shí)候是一貧如洗的。
3. dirt-poor 非常窮困的;極貧困的
例句:Where would this dirt-poor Jack get a hundred dollars?
杰克這個(gè)窮光蛋到哪兒弄一百美元去?
4. working poor 窮忙族(在低報(bào)酬職務(wù)工作的人)
例句:Now, more and more people are involved in "working poor".
現(xiàn)在,越來越多的人們被卷入了“窮忙族”的圈子。
5. live from paycheck to paycheck 月光族
例句:We stress about the fact that we live from paycheck to paycheck but we don't change our spending habits.
我們強(qiáng)調(diào)我們靠薪水過日子,常常不夠花,但從來不改變自己的消費(fèi)習(xí)慣。
6. max out (credit card) 刷爆信用卡
例句:A good way to become penniless is to max out your credit cards and keep borrowing more until the repayments overwhelm you.
想變得一貧如洗的好辦法就是最大限度地透支你的信用卡,并不斷地借更多的錢,直到債務(wù)把你壓垮。
7. be broke 破產(chǎn)了,身無分文了
例句:If you keep spending money like this, you're going be broke.
如果你繼續(xù)這樣花錢,你很快會(huì)身無分文的。
8. live from hand to mouth 勉強(qiáng)糊口
例句:When I had no job last winter, I had to live from hand to mouth.
去年冬天沒找到工作,我不得不過著勉強(qiáng)糊口的生活。